US air strike kills top Al-Qaeda commander in Afghanistan
26 July 2015 4:11 AM IST
A US air strike in Afghanistan killed a senior Al-Qaeda commander in charge of suicide bombing and two other militants, the Pentagon said on Friday.
The attack, which occurred in Paktika province on July 11, killed Abu Khalil al-Sudani, a “high-ranking Al-Qaeda operational commander”, the Pentagon said in a statement released to reporters in Iraq who were travelling with US Defense Secretary Ashton Carter.
“Al-Sudani was one of three known violent extremists killed in the strike. The death of al-Sudani will further degrade Al-Qaeda operations across the globe,” the statement said.
The Pentagon described <g data-gr-id="11">Sudani</g> as a senior shura member and head of Al-Qaeda’s suicide and explosive <g data-gr-id="14">operations,</g> and said he was directly linked to plotting attacks against the United States.
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