‘Many senior Al-Qaida leaders believed dead’ US

More than a half-dozen senior leaders of Osama bin Laden’s al-Qaida network and several hundred of his most loyal fighters have been killed in the war in Afghanistan so far, US officials say.

Al-Qaida is the top US target in the war, and the military’s focus on its leaders has severely hurt bin Laden’s ability to communicate both in Afghanistan and with terrorists overseas, officials say.