⁍ Abu Muhsin al-Masri was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted Terrorists list.
⁍ Al-Masri, believed to be al Qaeda’s second-in-command, was killed during a special operation in Ghazni province.
⁍ Al Qaeda operative, who also went by the name Husam Abd-al-Ra’uf, was an Egyptian national.
– Afghan security forces have killed a senior al-Qaeda leader who was on the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s Most Wanted Terrorists list, Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security said in a tweet late on Saturday. Al-Masri has been charged in the United States with having provided material support and resources to a foreign terrorist organization, and conspiracy to kill US nationals. Al-Masri, believed to be al-Qaeda’s second-in-command, was killed during a special operation in Ghazni province, the NDS said. The FBI declined to comment. The al-Qaeda operative, who also went by the name Husam Abd-al-Ra’uf, was an Egyptian national, according to the FBI. Last month, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said fewer than 200 al-Qaeda operatives remain in Afghanistan. This month marks 19 years since the United States invaded Afghanistan to topple the Taliban rulers, who had harbored al-Qaeda militants who attacked the United States on Sept. 11, 2001.
Source: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-afghanistan-security-masri/afghan-security-forces-kill-senior-al-qaeda-leader-al-masri-idUSKBN2790VY