US CONFIRMS DEATH OF AL-QAEDA LEADER, FARUQ AL-QUATANI, HITS AL-UTABI

Washington – The US Department of Defence has confirmed the death of Senior al-Qaeda Leader, Faruq al-Qatani. In a statement, Pentagon Press Secretary, Peter Cook said Faruq al-Qatani was killed in the precision strike conducted by the US military in Kunar, Afghanistan.

According to him, this successful strike is another example of U.S. operations to degrade international terrorist networks and target terrorist leaders who seek to attack the U.S. homeland and our allies abroad.

He added that another al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, Bilal al-Utabi, was also targeted in a separate strike. We are still assessing the results of that strike.




“We can now confirm that the precision strike conducted by the U.S. military on Oct. 23 in Kunar, Afghanistan, resulted in the death of senior al-Qaeda leader Faruq al-Qatani. Al-Qatani was al-Qaeda’s emir for eastern Afghanistan and one of the terrorist group’s senior plotters of attacks against the United States.

“This successful strike is another example of U.S. operations to degrade international terrorist networks and target terrorist leaders who seek to attack the U.S. homeland, our interests and our allies abroad. Another al-Qaeda leader in Afghanistan, Bilal al-Utabi, was also targeted in a separate strike. We are still assessing the results of that strike.