NATO Says Al Qaeda's No. 2 In Afghanistan Killed In Air Strike -- L.A. Times
ISLAMABAD -- U.S.-led coalition troops battling Afghan Taliban insurgents have killed Al Qaeda’s second-in-command in Afghanistan in an air strike in the country’s eastern province of Kunar, the coalition said Tuesday.
Sakhr al-Taifi, a Saudi national, commanded foreign insurgent fighters and frequently moved between Afghanistan and Pakistan, often overseeing the transport of militants into Afghanistan, NATO said in a prepared statement. The air strike occurred Sunday in the Watahpur district of Kunar, a volatile Afghan province along the Pakistani border.
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WNU Editor: Al Qaeda is reporting that Sakhr al-Taifi was not killed in this air strike.
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