IS Afghanistan leader killed: US, Afghan officials

The head of Islamic State in Afghanistan -- described as the mastermind behind high-profile attacks including an assault on a military hospital that claimed at least 50 lives -- has been killed, US and Afghan officials said.Abdul Hasib, whose group is affiliated with IS in Iraq and Syria, was killed last month in a targeted raid by special forces in the eastern province of Nangarhar, the presidential palace in Kabul said in a statement.Analysts described him as "obscure", but authorities ascribe