Afghan security forces kill senior Al-Qaeda leader Abu Muhsin al-Masri

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KABUL - Afghan security forces have killed Abu Muhsin al-Masri, a senior al Qaeda leader who was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted Terrorists list, Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security said in a tweet late on Saturday .

Al-Masri, believed to be al Qaeda’s second-in-command, was killed during a special operation in Ghazni province in eastern Afghanistan, said the NDS, adding that he was the supreme leader of the organisation in the Indian subcontinent. Last month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said fewer than 200 al Qaeda operatives remain in Afghanistan.

The US has been gradually drawing down its troops from Afghanistan after striking a landmark deal with the Taleban in February.

 

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