Kabul: A senior leader of the Islamic State jihadist group was killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, a media report said on Wednesday.

Shahid Omar was killed early on Wednesday in a drone strike conducted by foreign forces in Afghanistan, Khaama Press news agency reported, quoting Nangarhar government officials.

Omar commanded a group of at least 40 IS fighters in Nangarhar, the governor's spokesman Ataullah Khogyani was cited as saying.

The drone strike that killed Omar took place in Nangarhar's restive Achin district. Omar is believed to hail from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of northwest Pakistan-IANS