The Taliban executed the former head of the Islamic State in South Asia, Abu Omar Khorasani just one day after their conquest of Afghanistan.
According to the Wall Street Journal, the Taliban forces had taken Khorasani from an Afghan government prison and had executed him.
The deceased was arrested by the Afghan security forces in May 2020.
According to the UN report, “In April, ISIL-K leader Mawlawi Zia ul-Haq, also known as Abu Omar Khorasani, was dismissed and replaced by Mawlawi Aslam Farooqi, who was previously in charge of operations in the Khyber Agency. Ul-Haq’s demotion was reportedly due to poor performance in the context of ISIL-K setbacks in Nangarhar in the second half of 2018. The new leadership nomination was made during a visit by an ISIL core delegation, underscoring the direct relationship between ISIL-K and the ISIL core in Iraq and Syria,” the report said.
According to reports, Khorasani was killed in the Pul-e-Charkhi prison in Kabul.
