Afghan Special Operations Forces (SOF), supported by U.S. advisors, eliminated senior ISIS-K facilitator Yasir during a nighttime air assault raid in Mohmand Darah district, Nangarhar province, Afghanistan, May 9.
The raid was part of the Afghan and U.S. Special Operations Forces persistent offensive operations to deny ISIS-K their stated goal of a caliphate in southeastern Nangarhar.
Yasir planned and facilitated ISIS-K attacks against Afghan security forces and civilians in Kabul and along Highway 7, the main corridor for travel from Nangarhar to the Afghan capital.
Established in 2015, Resolute Support (RS) is a NATO-led, non-combat mission to train, advise and assist the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces (ANDSF), who assumed nationwide responsibility for Afghanistan’s security following the conclusion of the previous NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) mission. Its purpose is to help the Afghan security forces and institutions develop the capacity to defend Afghanistan and protect its citizens in a sustainable manner.
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