U.S. Army Rangers Kill ISIS-K Leader in Combined Air/Ground Raid in Afghanistan.
May 08 2017 - 5 Comments
By Tom Demerly
Army Confirms U.S. Raid in Afghanistan Following MOAB Strike Killed ISIS-K Leader.
The U.S. military confirmed in a statement on May 7 that the ISIS-K leader in Afghanistan, Sheikh Abdul Hasib, was killed by a combined air/ground operation last month.
The raid included airstrikes by U.S. F-16s, AC-130s, drones and AH-64 Apache helicopters along with elite Army Rangers from the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment of Fort Benning, Georgia. The combined air/ground raid followed the April 13 airstrike by a U.S. Special Operations C-130 using the first massive eleven-ton GBU-43B MOAB (Massive Ordnance Air Burst) ever dropped in combat.
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