The US military said Thursday it carried out a strike targeting a senior militant leader in Afghanistans eastern Kunar province, where Pakistani Taliban chief Maulana Fazlullah is believed to be hiding.
"US forces conducted a counterterrorism strike, June 13, in Kunar province, close to the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan, which targeted a senior leader of a designated terrorist organization," Lieutenant Colonel Martin O'Donnell said in a statement.