KABUL (Pajhwok): A US airstrike killed Iranian Quds Force Commander Qasem Soleimani in Baghdad late Thursday, the Pentagon said.
The strike will add to the ongoing tensions between the two countries that could lead to widespread violence in the region and beyond.
US Defense Secretary Mark Esper said the Pentagon had taken “decisive defensive action” against Soleimani, the revered military figure who had close links to a network of armed groups backed by Iran across the Middle East and, according to the United States . . .
