A US drone strike in eastern Afghanistan on March 19 killed the senior Al Qaeda military commander Qari Yasin, who has been linked to numerous attacks in his native Pakistan, the United States military confirmed on Saturday.
'The death of Qari Yasin is evidence that terrorists who defame Islam and deliberately target innocent people will not escape justice,' Defense Secretary Jim Mattis said in a statement.
A native of the Pakistani region of Balochistan who has ties to the Tehrik-e-Taliban group, Yasin was accused of plotting the September 20, 2008 bombing of a Marriott Hotel in Islamabad.
The 2008 attack was featured in the 2012 movie Zero Dark Thirty.
The attack killed dozens of people, including U.S. Air Force Maj. Rodolfo I. Rodriguez and Navy Cryptologic Technician Third Class Petty Officer Matthew J. O'Bryant, the US military said.
Yasin was also said to have been behind a 2009 attack on a bus carrying the Sri Lankan cricket team in Lahore that killed six Pakistani police officers and two civilians, and wounded six members of the team.
Yasin was killed during an air strike in Paktika Province, which borders Pakistan, the Pentagon said.
Afghanistan has long accused Pakistan of providing safe haven to the Afghan Taliban, part of an ongoing dispute with both countries trading allegations.
Source : DailyMail.com
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