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.
