Key Points
The Taliban have killed the senior Islamic State group leader behind the August 2021 suicide bombing outside the Kabul airport that left 13 U.S. service members and about 170 Afghans dead, according to the father of a Marine killed in the attack who was briefed Tuesday by military officials...
And those family members shared the information in a private group messaging chat, according to the mother of another Marine...
The IS leader, whose identity has not yet been released, was killed in southern Afghanistan in early April as the Taliban conducted a series of operations against the Islamic State group, according to one of the officials..
Rex, who has been a vocal critic of the Biden administrations handling of the withdrawal, told the AP it was through the chat group that they were informed late on Monday about the killing as they awaited official confirmation from U.S. military officials...
After the Trump administration reached a 2020 deal with the Taliban to withdraw U.S. troops from Afghanistan and the Biden administration followed through on that agreement in 2021, there had been hope in Washington that the Taliban's desire for international recognition and assistance for the country's impoverished population might moderate their behaviour...
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