Afghan and U.S. Special Operations Decimate IS-K in Northern Afghanistan

AFGHANISTAN

03.22.2018

Photo by Staff Sgt. Douglas Ellis  

NATO Special Operations Component Command-Afghanistan

Afghan Special Security Forces eliminated 22 IS-K fighters attempting to defend IS-K’s strategic center of Darzab district, Jowzjan province on Apr. 11. The operation occurred six days after Qari Hekmatullah, the IS-K emir for northern Afghanistan, and his bodyguard were killed by a U.S. airstrike in Darzab on Apr. 5. Since the beginning of 2018, persistent military pressure in Jowzjan province applied by Afghan and U.S. Special Operations Forces (SOF) have reduced IS-K to an isolated group of fighters devoid of leadership. (U.S. Air Force photo by SSgt. Doug Ellis)

• Date Taken: 03.22.2018
• Date Posted: 04.15.2018 11:14
• Photo ID: 4299016
• VIRIN: 180322-F-MY676-966
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• Location: AF