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    Pakistani al-Qaeda Leader Killed In U.S. Strike In Afghanistan

    The Pentagon said that Qari Yasin was killed in a U.S. airstrike in Afghanistan. Yasin is linked to the 2008 bombing of a hotel in Islamabad and the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team.
    by Laurel Wamsley Mar 26, 2017 2 minutes
    Pakistani security officials gather outside the devastated Marriott Hotel in Islamabad on September 21, 2008, following an overnight suicide bomb attack. Rescue teams entered the burning ruins of Islamabad's Marriott Hotel looking for bodies and survivors of a truck bombing which killed at least 60 people and left over 200 injured. AFP PHOTO/Aamir QURESHI (Photo credit should read AAMIR QURESHI/AFP/Getty Images)

    The Pentagon announced yesterday that it had killed a Pakistani terrorist leader with ties to al-Qaeda and the Pakistani Taliban.

    In a statement, the Pentagon said that Qari Yasin was killed in a U.S. airstrike on March 19 in Afghanistan's Paktika Province. It said he was a "senior terrorist figure" and that he

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