A-Qaeda leader killed in Nangerhar raid

KABUL) claimed on Sunday.

Abul Bara Al-Kuwaiti, the militant commander, was killed in the Lal Mandi area of Nazyan district in Nangerhar province late on Saturday, the spy service said.

A statement from the agency said the airstrike targetted the residence of Abdul Samad Khanjari, an Al-Qaeda member. NDS added Al-Kuwaiti had close links with the terror network’s chief.

Following the raid, security personnel recovered two Kalashnikov assault rifles, a machinegun, a laptop and certain sensitive documents from the house.

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