Afghanistan's National Directorate for Security said in a statement Tuesday that the raid on Sept. 23 killed Asim Omar along with six other al-Qaida members in the southern Helmand province. Omar was the head of al-Qaida operations in South Asia. Among those killed was Raihan, Omar's courier to Ayman Al-Zawahiri, the leader of the al-Qaida network, the statement added. from World News Headlines, Latest International News, World Breaking News - Times of India https://ift.tt/35jLGZU