Abdul Haseeb Logari

Abdul Haseeb Rizwan was an Afghan Islamic militant who led the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant – Khorasan Province.[1][2]

History

He was born in the Logar Province of Afghanistan and is believed to be in his mid-thirties. He was formerly a commander in the Afghan Taliban.

Islamic education

He studied in seminaries in Peshawar, Pakistan controlled by Jamaat al Dawa al Quran. He studied at Jamia Imam Bukhari run by Haji Inyat ur Rehman, a son of Jamil al-Rahman. Later he studied at Ganj madrassa, in Peshawar, headed by Abu Mohammad Aminullah Peshawari.[3]

2017 Achin raid

On Wednesday 23 April 2017, 50 American special forces from the 3rd Battalion, 75th Ranger Regiment (United States) and 40 Afghan commandos launched a raid in Mohmand valley, Achin District, Nangarhar Province in an attempt to capture Haseeb at his compound in the area. The firefight lasted three hours, during which two US Rangers were killed, Sgt. Joshua Rodgers, 22, of Bloomington, Illinois, and Sgt. Cameron Thomas, 23 of Kettering, Ohio. A third Ranger was lightly injured. The US is investigating if their deaths were the result of friendly fire.

The US claimed 35 IS fighters were killed along with several high-level leaders, suspected to include Haseeb, but did not confirm that Haseeb had in fact been killed. IS claimed that 100 civilians were killed and injured due to US airstrikes during and after the raid.[4][5]

On 8 May 2017, the US affirmed he had been killed in the raid.[6]

References

  1. ↑ "ISIL expands in Afghan-Pakistan areas, widening attacks | ISIS News | Al Jazeera". aljazeera.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  2. ↑ "ISIS appoints interim commander in Afghanistan | Asia News". asianews.af. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  3. ↑ "Baghdadi appoints Molvi Abdul Haseeb as new chief of Khorasan Province – The Fortress". thefortress.com.pk. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  4. ↑ "Two U.S. Army Rangers Killed in Anti-ISIS Raid in Eastern Afghanistan - NBC News". nbcnews.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  5. ↑ "Friendly fire may have killed 2 Army Rangers in Afghanistan - The Washington Post". washingtonpost.com. Retrieved 2017-04-28.
  6. ↑ http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/7/pentagon-is-in-afghanistan-leader-killed-in-april-/
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