Tuesday, April 26, 2011

Falls the second member of Al Qaeda wanted in Afganistn ms

The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) led by NATO reported today in a statement that has claimed the life of the second most wanted insurgent in a bombing in Afghanistan recorded last April 13 in the east. The deceased is the Saudi Abu Hafs al-Najdi, known as Abdul Ghani, an alleged member of Al Qaeda terrorist group that carried out its business in eastern Kunar and "traveled frequently between Afghanistan and Pakistan," stated the ISAF.

The bombing took place on day 13 in the district of that province, Afghanistan Dangam. At that time, the ISAF was limited to reporting the death of several militants from Al Qaeda and its provincial leader, without being more specific data. "Abdul Ghani and many other insurgents, including another leader of Al Qaeda, Waqas, died in the bombing, said today the international military force.

"The network and shelter remain a priority." Abdul Ghani headed the operations of recruitment and training of militants, the supply of weapons and planning attacks against Afghan and international troops in Kunar, one of the points that is more intense the Afghan conflict. It also established training camps and points of insurgent kidnappings of foreigners ordered, planned suicide bombings and served as financial liaison groups set up on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border.

The very morning of his death, ordered to carry out the suicide attack killed the tribal chief Malik Zarin, "an ally of Afghan President Hamid Karzai," and nine other civilians while a meeting held in the province, according to ISAF. The bombing that killed the insurgent leader was in the course of a meeting of this with Waqas, who had coordinated insurgent activities in the province.

ISAF Abdul Ghani had among its objectives since 2007. In the past month, the troops have killed more than 25 leaders and militants of Al Qaeda, and Abdul Ghani's death is "a significant milestone to disrupt the network," added the ISAF in your letter. According to NATO estimates, about 100 members of Al Qaeda still operating in Afghanistan.

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