On April 13, it dropped the non-nuclear "mother of all bombs" in Nangarhar, saying it was targeting a system to tunnels used by Islamic State fighters. Nangahar, on the border with Pakistan, is a main route for militant fighters and supplies.
Since March, U.S. and Afghan special forces, backed by airstrikes, have been fighting to eradicate ISIS-K, primarily in Nangarhar.
After a steady downsizing of U.S. troop numbers since 2011, USA military commanders say they need to strengthen the numbers on the ground to better support Afghan forces and help retake territory lost to the Taliban, which is considered a bigger threat than IS.
The U.S. military has dealt a major blow to an already degraded but resilient ISIS-K in recent months.
USA officials said Logari was among several high-ranking Islamic State in Afghanistan leaders who died in the April 27 raid.
Officials said the announcement of Hasib's death was delayed until his remains could be positively identified. Its forces include former Pakistani Taliban, Uzbeks and other foreign fighters.
Two U.S. Army Rangers died in the April 27 raid.
The second soldier who was killed was Sgt. Cameron Thomas of Kettering, Ohio. It's suspected they were victims of friendly fire.
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Abdul Hasib was appointed as the leader of IS in Afghanistan a year ago after his predecessor was killed in a USA drone strike.
Army Gen. John Nicholson, the top USA commander in Afghanistan, wants an infusion of US and allied troops to bolster support for the Afghan army. It cited a "shockingly high" figure of 807 Afghan troops killed in just the first two months of this year. His name often included a third name of Logari to note his tribal roots.
"He was responsible for ordering the attack on the 400-bed hospital in Kabul, kidnapped girls and beheaded elders in front of their families", the President's office said.
After the March 8 Kabul hospital attack, Afghan and US forces launched a counteroffensive in the province.
A USA military spokesman in Kabul, Navy Capt. William Salvin, estimated that the ISIS-K force has now been reduced from more than 2,500 fighters at its peak in 2015 to less than 600, mostly confined to several adjacent districts in Nangahar. Nangahar province spokesman Attaullah Khogiani said four commanders of IS were part of the death toll.
A radio station airing propaganda in the favor of the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group was destroyed during an operation in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, reported Khaama Press.
The Afghanistan-based South Asia Islamic State branch, dubbed Khorasan (ISIS-K), is named after an ancient title of a region that covers Afghanistan, Pakistan, Iran, India, and other neighboring countries. According to Spicer, Trump not only wants to defeat the ISIS and Taliban, he also wants make sure that the United States protects its people in a responsible and smart way.
A local police official, Azizullah Ayar, said numerous wounded officers were in need of evacuation, and that he had urgently asked for help but none had arrived.
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