IS-K Confirms Death of Senior Member During Clashes With Taliban

The Islamic State-Khorasan (IS-K) confirmed the death of Ejaz Amin Ahangar, known as Abu Usman Al-Kashmiri, a senior member of the group in southern Afghanistan. IS-K said in a statement that Al-Kashmiri had been killed on February 14 during a clash with the Taliban.

The exact location of death of this senior IS-K member has not mentioned in the IS-K statement.

Before joining the IS-K, Abu Usman Al-Kashmiri had been a member of Harakat Al-Mujahedin in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir. He, then, joined Al-Qaeda and after a while in 2015, he announced that he had joined the ISIS.

Al-Kashmiri is believed to have been the first Amir of the "Indian province" of ISIS.

Over the past few months, the Taliban has reported numerous clashes with ISIS members in different provinces of Afghanistan.