The
US has confirmed the death of a senior al-Qaeda leader targeted by a US drone
strike in north eastern Afghanistan last month.
Farouq
al-Qahtani, the group's leader in the area, was killed two weeks ago in what
the Pentagon described as a precision strike.
Saudi-born
al-Qahtani was placed on a US list of most wanted terrorists in February.
He
was said to be one of al-Qaeda's senior plotters against the US.
A
Qatari national, al-Qahtani was also accused of involvement in plots targeting
Europe.
Afghan
government spokesman Abdul Ghani Mosamem said that 15 insurgents were killed in
the operation on 23 October in the province of Kunar.
Those
killed included two Arabs and a number of Pakistani Taliban fighters.
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