The international force of NATO in Afghanistan, ISAF said, Tuesday, April 26, killing Abu Hafs Al-Najdi, also known as Abdul Ghani, its public enemy number two. ISAF said in a statement that "the second of his most popular targets in Afghanistan was killed April 13 during a bombing in Dangam district in Kunar province.
The international force greets a "highlight" in the fight against al-Qaida, which the Saudi was a "senior official". He had, according to ISAF coordinated "many significant attacks" against Afghan forces and the Atlantic Alliance. "He operated especially since Kunar and traveled regularly between Afghanistan and Pakistan," the statement added.
Nearly 140,000 U.S. soldiers and NATO support the fragile government in Kabul against the rebellion led by the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. The Taliban were driven from power in late 2001 by an international military intervention led by Washington after refusing to deliver the head of al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden, then fled to Afghanistan after the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States. 
The international force greets a "highlight" in the fight against al-Qaida, which the Saudi was a "senior official". He had, according to ISAF coordinated "many significant attacks" against Afghan forces and the Atlantic Alliance. "He operated especially since Kunar and traveled regularly between Afghanistan and Pakistan," the statement added.
Nearly 140,000 U.S. soldiers and NATO support the fragile government in Kabul against the rebellion led by the Taliban and their Al Qaeda allies. The Taliban were driven from power in late 2001 by an international military intervention led by Washington after refusing to deliver the head of al-Qaida, Osama bin Laden, then fled to Afghanistan after the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States.
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