EUROPE
A senior Daesh military leader was detained on 28 April in Atasehir in Istanbul, Turkey. The suspect, codenamed Basim, is an Afghan national who was believed to be Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi’s right-hand man. He had entered Turkey while traveling on a fake passport and false identifications. Basim is suspected to be responsible for hiding key Daesh members in Idlib, Syria and training Daesh members in Iraq and Syria as well as serving on its decision-making council.
SOUTH ASIA
Meanwhile, Afghanistan’s security forces killed a senior member of the Taliban during a security operation in Kandahar, Afghanistan. The man who was identified as Mullah Mawlawi Ahmad Kandahari was killed by a drone during his return trip from Panjway, Afghanistan. Kandahari was considered to be the next most prominent commander after Mullah Akhtar Mansour. He was assigned to be the group’s military chief in Kandahar and was responsible for planning suicide attacks in southwest Afghanistan.