The Pentagon said on Saturday that a strike in Afghanistan this week killed an Al-Qaeda terrorist who was responsible for the death of two American service members and accused of involvement in a deadly attack on a bus carrying Sri Lanka's cricket team in 2009.

In a statement quoted by Reuters, the Pentagon said the strike took place on March 19 in Paktika province and killed Qari Yasin, "a well-known Al-(Qaeda) terrorist leader."


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