March 26 (UPI) -- A U.S. airstrike killed Qari Yasin, a militant leader aligned with al-Qaida, last week in Afghanistan, the U.S. Department of Defense confirmed Saturday night.
The U.S. military conducted the counter-terrorism strike March 19 in Paktika province, the Pentagon said in a release. That area is where Pakistani Taliban operatives have operated after slipping across the border in 2014.