Islamabad, 12 August (AKI) - Senior Al-Qaeda commander Abu Saeed al-Masri was killed after clashes with Pakistani security forces near the Afghan border.

According to Arab TV network Al-Jazeera, al-Masri, whose real name was Mustafa Abu al-Yazid was killed in the past few days in Pakistan's Bajaur tribal area near the border with Afghanistan in a clash with Pakistani military forces.

Abu Saeed al-Masri is the most senior Al-Qaeda member to have been killed in Pakistan after Egyptian national Abu Khabab al-Masri was killed last month in a suspected U.S. airstrike in Pakistan.