The US military said it believes it has killed a planner for the Afghan branch of the Islamic State (IS) terror group in a drone strike in the east of the country, the media reported.

“The US military forces conducted an over-the-horizon counter-terrorism operation today against an IS-K planner,” US Central Command spokesman Bill Urban said in a statement on Friday night. “The unmanned air-strike occurred in the Nangahar province of Afghanistan. Initial indications are that we killed the target. We know of no civilian casualties,” the statement added.