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Bin Laden was assassinated in Pakistan if that's what you're referring to.

• TheNorthman 5y ago
  What is your point? What makes the statement hollow is that the US does it all the time, just not that often in Afghanistan (that we know of). Just as a fun fact because you didn't specify which bin Laden: Osama's son, Hamza bin Laden, was actually assassinated in Afghanistan by the US.
  • sleavey 5y ago
    I wasn't trying to imply that there was no irony, just pointing out that the most obvious US Afghanistan campaign most wanted person assassination took place elsewhere. But with what you and others have pointed out it sounds like Osama Bin Laden isn't necessarily the only obvious example.
• hutzlibu 5y ago
  And countless other terrorist or suspected terrorists( or just bystanders) were assassinated by dronestrikes, so this is probably what he or she was referring to.
• boomboomsubban 5y ago
  Guessing they were referring to these https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drone_strikes_in_Afghanistan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_drone_strikes_in_Afgha...
• pseudo0 5y ago
  I assumed they were referring to the assassination of Qasem Soleimani last year [0], but there are plenty of less publicized examples as well. Technically that was in Iraq, but I think it's the method the US is objecting to, not the location. https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Soleimani https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Assassination_of_Qasem_Solei...