{"id":55204,"date":"2017-07-14T20:00:14","date_gmt":"2017-07-14T20:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/uncategorized\/2017\/07\/14\/pentagon-us-forces-kill-isis-leader-in-afghanistan\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T09:16:27","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T09:16:27","slug":"pentagon-us-forces-kill-isis-leader-in-afghanistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/navytimes\/news\/pentagon-congress\/2017\/07\/14\/pentagon-us-forces-kill-isis-leader-in-afghanistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon: US forces kill ISIS leader in Afghanistan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">U.S. forces\u00a0on July 11\u00a0killed ISIS leader Abu Sayed in a strike on the group&#8217;s headquarters in Kunar province, Afghanistan, according to Dana White, the Pentagon&#8217;s chief spokeswoman. <br\/><br\/>Sayed was selected as the leader of ISIS-Khorasan, or ISIS-K, after U.S. forces killed Hafiz Sayed Khan last July and Abdul Hasib in April.\u00a0<br\/><br\/>Sayed is the third ISIS-K leader killed in the last 12 months by U.S. forces.\u00a0Four other ISIS-K members were also killed in the strike, according the White.\u00a0<br\/><br\/>There are an estimated 1,000 ISIS fighters still fighting in Afghanistan, according to Navy Capt. William Salvin, a spokesman for the Resolute Support mission. <br\/><br\/> ISIS fighters in Afghanistan have come under increasing pressure by U.S. and Afghan forces since a counter-ISIS-K offensive was launched in March. <br\/><br\/>In April, the U.S. dropped its largest conventional bomb, dubbed &#8220;the Mother of All Bombs,&#8221; on a large cave complex housing ISIS fighters in Nangarhar province. <br\/><br\/><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, the group has shown resiliency. In June, ISIS-K launched an offensive in Osama Bin Laden\u2019s former stronghold of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/isis-just-seized-the-afghan-stronghold-tora-bora-from-the-taliban-2017-6\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: http:\/\/www.businessinsider.com\/isis-just-seized-the-afghan-stronghold-tora-bora-from-the-taliban-2017-6\">Tora Bora<\/a>, capturing several cave complexes. Afghan forces have launched operations to clear the terror group from the region.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The death of the ISIS leader comes as the Trump administration wrestles with a decision on whether to increase U.S. troop numbers in America\u2019s longest war.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While the White House has not made any announcements, the U.S. is still expected to increase troop numbers by nearly 4,000 despite an alternative plan, first reported by the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/07\/10\/world\/asia\/trump-afghanistan-policy-erik-prince-stephen-feinberg.html\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Link: https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2017\/07\/10\/world\/asia\/trump-afghanistan-policy-erik-prince-stephen-feinberg.html\">New York Times<\/a>, floated by White House Chief Strategist Stephen Bannon, to use contractors instead of U.S. troops, according to an Afghan defense official.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The contractor 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