U.S. Military Evaluating Drone Strikes Against Two Senior al-Qaeda Leaders

    The United States continues to take out top al-Qaeda members in Afghanistan.

    FOX’s Lucas Tomlinson has more from the Pentagon:

    The U.S. military says it carried out simultaneous drone strikes against two senior al-Qaeda leaders in Afghanistan.

    The Pentagon is still assessing the results of the strikes which occurred Sunday. Faruq al-Qatani was considered al-Qaeda’s top leader in Afghanistan.

    U.S. officials say his likely death saved American lives here at home. Qatani was designated a terrorist by the Treasury Department in February.

    Bilal Utabi was the other senior al-Qaeda leader likely killed in Kunar, along Afghanistan’s border with Pakistan.

    The head of U.S. forces in Afghanistan recently said al-Qaeda remains active in Afghanistan 15 years after the 9/11 attacks.

    At the Pentagon, Lucas Tomlinson, FOX News. 

     

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