Key Al-Qaeda leader killed
27 March 2017 1:02 AM IST
A senior Al Qaeda leader responsible for two major attacks in Pakistan was killed in a US counter-terrorism airstrike conducted last week in Afghanistan, the Pentagon said in a statement. The airstrike was carried out on March 19 in Paktika province, according to the Pentagon statement issued on Saturday.
Qari Yasin was behind the September 2008 bombing of the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad that left 54 persons dead.
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