JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Aug. 30 (Xinhua) -- A senior commander of the hardliner Islamic State (IS) group named Yaser Khurasani along with five others has been killed in the eastern Nangarhar province, said a statement of Afghan national army Corps 201 Selab stationed in the eastern region on Thursday.

"Acting upon intelligence report the fighting aircrafts targeted the hideout of the IS group in Khogiani district killing the group's senior commander Yaser Khurasani and five others on the spot," the statement said, without providing more details.

This is the second IS commander that has been killed in Afghanistan's eastern region over the past week.

In the previous attack, Abu Saad Erhabi, top leader of IS outfit in Afghanistan, was killed in the same district Khogiani of Nangarhar province over weekend.