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Afghan security forces have killed Abu Muhsin Al Masri, a senior Al Qaeda leader who was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted Terrorists list, Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) said in a tweet late on Saturday.
The head of the US National Counter-Terrorism Center, Chris Miller, confirmed Al Masri’s death in a statement, saying his “removal .. from the battlefield is a major setback to a terrorist organisation that is consistently experiencing strategic losses facilitated by the United States and its partners.”
Al Qaeda’s loss of Al Masri, Miller continued, “highlights the diminishing effectiveness of the terrorist organisation.”
Al Masri has been charged in the United States with having provided material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organisation, and conspiracy to kill US nationals.
Al Masri, believed to be Al Qaeda’s second-in-command, was killed during a special operation in Ghazni province, the NDS said.
The FBI declined to comment.
The Al Qaeda operative, who also went by the name Husam Abd Al Ra’uf, was an Egyptian national, according to the FBI.
Last month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said fewer than 200 Al Qaeda operatives remain in Afghanistan.
This month marks 19 years since the United States invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban rulers, who had harboured Al Qaeda militants who attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
The United States has been gradually drawing down its troops from Afghanistan after striking a landmark deal with the Taleban in February.
That deal is set to see foreign forces leave Afghanistan by May 2021 in exchange for counterterrorism guarantees from the Taliban, which agreed to negotiate a permanent ceasefire and a power sharing formula with the Afghan government.
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