WASHINGTON—A U.S. airstrike killed an al Qaeda operative allegedly responsible for the deaths of dozens of civilians and two American servicemen, the Pentagon said late Saturday. Qari Yasin, a well-known al Qaeda leader originally from Baluchistan, Pakistan, was killed in a strike on March 19 in Paktika Province, Afghanistan, the Pentagon said in a statement, although it didn’t provide further details on the nature of the...

Source: Wall Street Journal March 26, 2017 02:15 UTC