Al-qaeda affiliate : Maj (retd) Adil, 2 children die in drone hit
A military court had later awarded a six-year sentence to Major Adil after his arrest in Kohat in March 2003
ISLAMABAD:
Al Qaeda South Asia branch confirmed on Thursday the death in a US drone strike of former Pakistan army major, Adil Qudoos, who had allegedly helped senior al Qaeda leader, Khalid Sheikh Muhammad. Kahlid had been arrested in 2003 from the house of Ahmad Qudoos, the brother of Adil Qudoos, in Rawalpindi. A military court had later awarded a six-year sentence to Major Adil after his arrest in Kohat in March 2003. He had joined al Qaeda after his release in 2008 and moved to Waziristan tribal region along with his family members. The al Qaeda South Asia spokesman, Usama Mehmood, confirmed the death of Major Adil, his brother in law Dr Sarbuland Khan and his two sons Uzair and Suleman, aged 13 and 15.
Published in The Express Tribune, November 21st, 2014.
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