Kabul: The US Secretary of Defence Leon Panetta has claimed that al-Qaida chief Dr Aiman-al-Zawahiri was hiding in Pakistan’s tribal region.
Panetta who arrived in Afghanistan on Saturday on a surprise-maiden visit, was of the view thatĀ pressure will be mounted on PakistanĀ to kill Zawahiri.
He added that 20 top commanders of al-Qaeda, might be living in Somalia, Pakistan, Yemen and North Africa will be killed or arrested after Osama.
Panetta said Pakistan has rendered great sacrifices in war against terrorism.”We want Pakistan to kill al-Zawahiri”.
The defenec secretary said the Central Intelligence Agency was fighting against al-Qaida in Yemen.
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