#3 Qari Yasin
The Pakistani Taliban (Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan) confirmed in a statement that Qari Muhammad Yasin, a senior al-Qaeda military commander, was killed in a US drone strike. The bombing took place in the Laman area of the eastern Paktika province. The statement confirming Yasin’s demise was attributed to Mohammad Khurasani, the Pakistani Taliban spokesman.
Khurasani describes Yasin as a “close assistant” of the Pakistani Taliban and a “trainer of Mujahideen.” He claims that three of Yasin’s “companions” were also killed in the US drone strike. Khurasani confirms that Yasin “was one of the closest companions of Shaheed Amjad Farooqi, a famous personality of Pakistan Jihad.”
