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.
The head of the US National Counter-Terrorism Centre, Chris Miller, confirmed al-Masri’s death in a statement, saying his “removal .. from the battlefield is a major setback to a terrorist organisation that is consistently experiencing strategic losses facilitated by the United States and its partners.” Al Qaeda’s loss of al-Masri, Miller continued, “highlights the diminishing effectiveness of the terrorist organisation.”—Agencies
