“The US killed the Islamic State Khorasan Province’s mufti, or senior religious and legal scholar, in an airstrike in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar, where the global jihadist group is strongest in the country. Jalaluddin, the mufti, was a disciple of a senior Taliban leader and al Qaeda facilitator who is a Specially Designated Global Terrorist. He attended a madrassa in Pakistan that is listed by the US as a terrorist facility.”
Source: US drone strike kills mufti of Islamic State Khorasan Province | The Long War Journal