ISIL's Spokesman Killed in Afghan Special Forces' Operation in Nangarhar

The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East in a statement said the ISIL Spokesman Sharafat Shafaq was killed in Deh Bala district, Khaama Press reported.

The statement further added that Shafaq was also the head of media wing of the terrorists group who was also spreading propaganda in favor of the group, mainly aimed at recruiting militants for the terrorist group from the other parts of the country.

The ISIL loyalists have not commented regarding the killing of the group’s spokesman so far.

Nangarhar has been among the relatively calm provinces in East of Afghanistan but the security situation in some of its remote districts has deteriorated during the recent years.

This comes as the Afghan military in the East said last week that 51 ISIL militants have been killed during the operations in Haska Mina district.

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