WASHINGTON, Nov 5 (APP): Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook confirmed the death of senior al-Qaeda leader Faruq al-Qatani in a precision strike conducted by the US military in eastern Afghanistan. Faruq al Qatani was killed on October 23 in Afghan province of Kunar, Press Secretary Peter Cook said in a statement issued by the Pentagon office. “Al-Qatani was al-Qaeda’s Amir for eastern Afghanistan and one of the terrorist group’s senior plotters of attacks against the United