Qari Yasin allegedly plotted multiple al Qaeda-affiliated attacks, according to the Pentagon, including a 2008 bombing on the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, that killed two U. S. servicemen and dozens of civilians.
WASHINGTON—A U. S. airstrike killed an al Qaeda operative allegedly responsible for the deaths of dozens of civilians and two American servicemen, the Pentagon said late Saturday.
Qari Yasin, a well-known al Qaeda leader originally from Baluchistan, Pakistan, was killed in a strike on March 19 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, the Pentagon said in a statement, although it didn’t provide further details on the nature of the…
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