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The U.S. military
named the target of the strike as Abu Khalil al-Sudani, saying
he was killed in a July 11 strike in the Bermal district of
Afghanistan's Paktika province.
In a statement, it said he was head of al Qaeda "suicide and
explosives operations" and was linked to plots to attack U.S.
targets.
Sudani directed attacks against U.S.-led coalition forces in
Afghanistan as well as against Afghan and Pakistani forces, it
said.
The strike in Paktika was the latest in a series of U.S.
counter-terrorism strikes in Afghanistan in recent weeks and
also killed two other militants, the military told reporters
traveling with Defense Secretary Ash Carter in Erbil, Iraq.
(Reporting by Phil Stewart; Editing by Dominic Evans)
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