ISIL leader in Afghanistan 'killed by drone'

Hafiz Saeed, the leader of the Islamic State group in the Afghanistan and Pakistan region, has been killed in a drone strike, the Afghan intelligence agency says.

Saeed was killed in the strike in Achin in Afghanistan's eastern Nangarhar province on Friday night, it said.

Some 30 other IS militants were killed, the agency said. There has been no independent verification.