Kabul: A senior leader of the Islamic State jihadist group was killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, a media report said on Wednesday.


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Shahid Omar was killed early on Wednesday in a drone strike conducted by foreign forces in Afghanistan, Khaama Press news agency reported, quoting Nangarhar government officials. 


Omar commanded a group of at least 40 IS fighters in Nangarhar, the governor`s spokesman Ataullah Khogyani was cited as saying.


The drone strike that killed Omar took place in Nangarhar`s restive Achin district. Omar is believed to hail from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan.