Gen. John Nicholson, the commander of US forces in Afghanistan, said Hasib's death marked "another important step in our relentless campaign to defeat ISIS-K in 2017".
The increased raids, usually involving drone strikes, by the United States forces followed a broader role granted by the Obama administration earlier previous year.
US officials have said Hasib was the target of the April 26 operation. They may have been killed as the result of friendly fire at the start of the three-hour fight, USA officials said.
Afghanistan's government meanwhile confirmed Hasib's death on April 27th.
Emir or top leader of IS Sheikh Abdul Hasib was killed on April 27 in southern part of Nangarhar, which has been regarded as stronghold of IS group in the province, 120 km east of Kabul, the U.S. Forces-Afghanistan said in a statement.
Although the USA military confirmed Hasib's death only now, the Afghanistan government had confirmed the militant leader was killed on April 27.
Hasib, who rose to the top post within the Afghan offshoot of the terror organization past year, was believed to have been behind a high-profile terror attack on March 8 in which ISIS, disguised as doctors, slaughtered dozens in a Kabul military hospital.
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Since the operation began, US and Afghan forces have taken over half of the districts that ISIS-K controlled back from the group, according to Gen. John Nicholson, the top USA commander in Afghanistan.
Local government officials said they believed the militants wanted to avenge the killing of an IS commander in Afghanistan by security forces. Afghan soldiers are suffering what Pentagon auditors call "shockingly high" battlefield casualties, and prospects are narrowing for a negotiated peace settlement with the Taliban.
The majority of the ISIS-K members are disgruntled Taliban fighters from the group's offshoot in Afghanistan and Pakistan, with most belonging the Pakistani faction, the USA military has said.
US forces last month dropped its largest non-nuclear bomb on the group's caves in the same province, which Afghan authorities said killed more than 90 militants.
The Interior Ministry said the airstrikes killed at least 34 IS fighters over the past 24 hours and destroyed an insurgent-controlled radio station in Nangarhar province.
North Atlantic Treaty Organisation further added without giving concrete figures that the number of extremists have halved in the last two years.
Two US commandos were killed in the raid that targeted Hasib in April.
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