The Pentagon has revealed a US air strike in Afghanistan earlier in the week killed al Qaeda militant Qari Yasin, a well known figure in the Pakistani Taliban.
Along with plotting an attack which killed two military personnel, Yasin was believed to have been the mastermind behind a deadly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team.
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said: “The death of Qari Yasin is evidence that terrorists who defame Islam and deliberately target innocent people will not escape justice.”
Yasin was believed to have been responsible for a 2008 bombing on a hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, which killed dozens of people along with the two American service personnel.
But a coalition spokesperson has claimed while they try to avoid civilian deaths, the ISIS tactic of using people as “human shields” has made their work in the region more difficult.
Along with plotting an attack which killed two military personnel, Yasin was believed to have been the mastermind behind a deadly attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team.
US Defence Secretary Jim Mattis said: “The death of Qari Yasin is evidence that terrorists who defame Islam and deliberately target innocent people will not escape justice.”
Yasin was believed to have been responsible for a 2008 bombing on a hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, which killed dozens of people along with the two American service personnel.
But a coalition spokesperson has claimed while they try to avoid civilian deaths, the ISIS tactic of using people as “human shields” has made their work in the region more difficult.
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