A senior Al Qaeda leader was killed during a joint U.S.-Afghanistan commando raid on a Taliban compound last month, officials announced Tuesday. The late September assault on the facility in Afghanistan’s Helmand Province resulted in the deaths of Asim Omar and six other members of Al Qaeda in the Indian Subcontinent, including a courier for Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, Afghanistan’s intelligence agency said in a tweet. HUNTING AYMAN AL ZAWAHIRI: WHERE HAS THE AL QAEDA LEADER BEEN HIDING FOR 18 YEARS? The U.S. has been pushing for the Taliban to make a public break with Al Qaeda and renounce any ties to the terrorist group. Fox News' Greg Norman and the Associated Press contributed to this report.

Source: Fox News October 08, 2019 15:56 UTC