Farouq al-Qahtani and Bilal al-Mutaybi believed killedABOARD A US MILITARY AIRCRAFT: A US drone strike targeted a senior Al-Qaeda leader in northeastern Afghanistan and his deputy on Sunday, a US military official said. The strike in Kunar province targeted Farouq al-Qahtani, Al-Qaeda’s emir for northeastern Afghanistan, and his deputy Bilal al-Mutaybi, the senior US defense official said. Qahtani and Mutaybi are well-known senior Al-Qaeda commanders in Kunar, and had been actively involved in recruiting local young people for the group. Their numbers have since been decimated, but the United States continues to target the group’s remnants. They added that he had planned to carry out multiple attacks against the United States and other Western nations.

Source: Manila Times October 27, 2016 14:17 UTC