“The US military confirmed that it killed al Qaeda leader Hazrat Abbas and his bodyguard in an airstrike in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar late last month. Abbas served as a senior commander for both al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent (AQIS) and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan (TTP).”
Source: US military kills ‘dual-hatted’ AQIS leader in eastern Afghanistan | FDD’s Long War Journal
