- Global Voices - https://globalvoices.org -

Afghanistan: Death of al-Qaeda's leader

Categories: Central Asia & Caucasus, Afghanistan, War & Conflict

Nick Fielding reports [1] on the death of Sheikh Mustafa Abu al-Yazid in a US drone strike in North Waziristan, noting that it came as a huge blow for al-Qaeda, as soon as the man was the head of the organisation in Afghanistan since May 2007.