Al-Qaida leader behind Islamabad hotel bomb 'killed by US drone'

Qari Yasin is believed to be linked to the 2008 Marriott atrocity and the 2009 attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team bus

An al-Qaida leader believed to be responsible for the 2008 Marriott hotel bombing in Islamabad and the deadly attack on a bus carrying Sri Lanka's cricket team in 2009 has been killed by a US air strike, the Pentagon claims.

The drone attack on Qari Yasin, "a well-known terrorist leader" with ties to the Pakistan Taliban, took place on 19 March in Paktika province, the Pentagon said in a statement.