Afghan officials:

Top Al-Qaida commander killed in afghan security forces attack

Top Al-Qaida commander is killed in afghan security forces attack , Afghanistan’s National Directorate for Security said in a statement.

Top Al-Qaida commander killed in afghan security forces attack

MojNews-A top Al-Qaida commander was killed in a raid by Afghan forces last month, Afghan intelligence officials said Tuesday, in an operation backed by U.S. airstrikes that also killed tens of civilians.

Afghanistan’s National Directorate for Security said in a statement Tuesday that the raid on Sept. ۲۳ killed Asim Omar along with six other Al-Qaida members in the southern Helmand province .

Omar was the head of Al-Qaida operations in South Asia.

Among those killed was Raihan, Omar’s courier to Ayman Al-Zawahiri , the leader of the Al-Qaida network, the statement added.

 

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