Afghanistan welcomes death of IS leader as big blow to Afghan faction
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Afghanistan welcomed the killing of Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi as a major blow to terrorism that is expected to weaken the South Asian branch of the Middle Eastern militant group.
"The Afghan government strongly welcomes the U.S. forces' operation that led to the death of ... Baghdadi," a spokesman for Afghan President Ashraf Ghani said in a post on Twitter.
"The death ... is the biggest blow to this group and to terrorism," the spokesman, Sediq Sediqqi, said.
