US Says Strike Killed al-Qaida Figure in Afghanistan

The Pentagon said Saturday that a U.S. strike in Afghanistan this week killed an al-Qaida militant who was responsible for the deaths of two American service members and accused of involvement in a deadly attack on a bus carrying Sri Lanka's cricket team in 2009. The Pentagon said in a statement that the strike took place March 19 in Paktika province and killed Qari Yasin, a "well-known" al-Qaida terrorist leader. "The death of Qari Yasin is evidence that terrorists...

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