"Sakhr al-Taifi was responsible for commanding foreign insurgents and directing attacks against coalition and Afghan forces," the Pentagon Press Secretary, George Little, told reporters at a news conference. "He frequently travelled between Afghanistan and Pakistan, carrying out commands from senior al-Qaeda leadership.u00a0

He also supplied weapons and equipment to insurgents in the east and managed transport of insurgent fighters into Afghanistan," he said. Little said after identifying al-Taifi and an additional al-Qaeda terrorist and taking careful steps to ensure no civilians were in the area, US forces engaged the targets with a precision airstrike.