Tuesday, December 05, 2017
Kabul (BNA) The National Directorate of Security (NDS) office reported from killing of top leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist network with 80 other militants during operations of the Afghan and US forces.
The National Directorate of Security press office told BNA the militants were killed during the operations conducted in Ghazni, Zabul, and Paktia provinces.
According to NDS, the senior Al-Qaeda leader killed during the operation has been identified as Omar Khetab who was also famous as Omar Mansoor.
The anti-government armed militant groups including Al-Qaeda affiliates have not commented regarding the report so far.
In the operations, 27 Al-Qaeda network members were detained and 5 strongholds of them have been demolished.
Qasem Hasan, Hamza and Joned top members of Al-Aqeda network in Afghanistan and Mostafa military in charge of Al-Qaeda with three Panjabi’s insurgents and two local Taliban militants were also among the dead.
T. Yarzada
