A close aide of slain Al-Qaeda Chief Osama bin laden was among six militants killed in a US drone attack in Pakistan’s lawless tribal region 10 days ago, media reported on Tuesday.
Mustafa Abu Yazid, the Chief operational commander of al Qaeda, was killed along with six Qaeda operatives on July 10 in the Datta Khel area of North Waziristan.Abu Yazid was a close aide of bin laden and had claimed responsibility for the 2007 murder of Benazir Bhutto in Rawalpindi, The News reported.Sanafi al Nasr, the head of al Qaeda’s ‘Victory Committee’ who is based in Syria and has close ties with its general command in Pakistan, said that six of his “dearest comrades” were killed in the US drone strike in Pakistan.