Mohammed Atef, one of Osama bin Laden's top deputies, is believed to have been killed during a U.S. airstrike sometime during the past two days, the Associated Press reported Friday. Atef, accused of ...

WASHINGTON -- Mohammed Atef, an Egyptian-born Islamic militant who worked at the right hand of terrorist mastermind Osama bin Laden, is believed to have been killed by an airstrike near Kabul in the ...

Muhammad Atef, the top al Qaeda military commander who was reportedly killed in a U.S. bombing raid, has been accused of helping plan many of the al Qaeda terrorism network's operations around the ...

NPR's Tom Gjelten reports that the Pentagon believes a senior al Qaeda official — military chieftain Mohammed Atef — was killed in bombings around Kabul. Atef, a key aide — and relative by marriage — ...