Pakistan: Mustafa Abu al-Yazid, al-Qaeda’s operational chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed by a US drone strike
Al-Qaeda’s operational chief for Afghanistan and Pakistan has been killed in a US drone strike in Pakistan’s lawless tribal border areas, Pakistani security officials said Tuesday.
A covert American drone campaign has recently ramped up attacks on Al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives in the region as part of efforts to bring an end to a nine-year war in Afghanistan so that US troops can return home.