US airstrike kills top Al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, Pentagon confirms

Date:

11/5/2016

Time:

02:42:00

Source:

Foxnews

Content:

WASHINGTON –  The Defense Department says an airstrike in Afghanistan last month killed Al Qaedas top leader in the eastern part of the country. Pentagon press secretary Peter Cook has issued a written statement saying a precision strike conducted by the U.S. military on Oct. 23 in Kunar, Afghanistan, killed Faruq al-Qatani. Cook says al-Qatani was one of Al Qaedas "senior plotters of attacks against the United States." Cook says U.S. officials are still working to determine whether a second strike on the same date killed its target, Bilal al-Utabi, another Al Qaeda leader in Afghanistan.

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