A Kerala man, identified as Saifuddin who went missing last year (2018) and later joined the Islamic State (IS) was reportedly killed in an operation conducted by the Afghan-United Sates (US) forces in Afghanistan, a senior intelligence official said on August 9, reports The New Indian Express. Saifuddin, a resident of Malappuram District in Kerala, is the second resident from Kerala to have been killed fighting for the IS in Afghanistan in the last fortnight.