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Four most wanted Al-Qaeda terrorists US is hunting after leader slain with killer drone

Al-Qaeda terrorists are still being hunted by the US after the murderous group's leader was killed in a drone strike - here are the five members who are most wanted by the Pentagon.

The United States Department of State is offering rewards to anyone with information that leads directly to the arrest of further Al-Qaeda terrorists after killing the notorious leader Ayman al-Zawahiri.

US officials confirmed that Osama Bin Laden's second-in-command al Zawahiri was killed on Sunday, but there are still many other Al-Qaeda members wanted who could be next on the hit list.

Al Zawahiri was killed in a CIA drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan when two Hellfire missiles were fired at him as he stepped onto the balcony of a safe house where he had been living with members of his family, a US official said.

Osama Bin Laden sits with his adviser Ayman al-Zawahiri (via REUTERS)

The 71-year-old became one of America's most wanted for his role in planning the horrific 9/11 attacks.

The bloodthirsty terrorist leader had a $25million (£20m) bounty on his head for anyone who provided information that lead directly to his arrest or death.

It is unclear whether public information led to his assassination.

Sirajuddin Haqqani

The second highest reward from The United States Department of State for most wanted terrorists is $10million (£8.2m). This is for another Al-Qaeda member who was keeping al-Zawahiri’s family protected.

Sirajuddin Haqqani is listed as wanted for his involvement in the January 2008 attack on a hotel in Kabul, Afghanistan, that killed six people, including an American citizen.

But senior US officials say the house where al-Zawahiri died was used or owned by Mr Haqqani and his network who are closely associated with both Al Qaeda and the Taliban.

His family has a long history of ties to Al-Qaeda and he is the current Interior Minister for the Taliban government and leader of the network.

Sirajuddin Haqqani is listed as wanted for his involvement in the January 2008 attack on a hotel in Kabul (FBI)
Saif Al-Adel, is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies (FBI)

"Immediately after the strike, Haqqani operatives sealed off the area and relocated Zawahiri's relatives. A damning indictment of Taliban credibility," Director of the Middle East Institute, Charles Lister said on Twitter.

Haqqani also allegedly was involved in the planning of the assassination attempt on Afghan President Hamid Karzai in 2008.

Saif Al-Adel

The second Al-Qaeda member with a $10million (£8.2m) bounty is Saif Al-Adel, who is wanted in connection with the August 7, 1998, bombings of the United States Embassies in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya.

The Egyptian-born commando is a long-time member of Al-Qaeda but keeps a relatively low profile and little is known about his current activities.

Lister writes that some Al-Qaeda affiliates are known to have questioned the credibility of instructions coming from Saif al-Adel given that he is now located in Iran.

But a former official in the Afghani network told CNN that he had heard al-Adel had already left Iran for Afghanistan.

The US is offering $5million for information that leads to Abdul Rahman Yasin's arrest (FBI)
Abdal-Rahman al-Maghrebi is the son-in-law of the executed leader (FBI)

Abdul Rahman Yasin

Abdul Rahman Yasin is wanted for his alleged participation in the terrorist bombing of the World Trade Center, New York City, on February 26, 1993, which resulted in six deaths.

The US is offering $5million (£4.1m) for information that leads to his arrest.

After a 2002 media interview, he vanished and has not been seen since the 2003 invasion of Iraq, a report in ABC News said.

Abdal Rahman al-Maghrebi

The son-in-law of the executed leader is also wanted by the FBI, with a $7million (£5.7m) US bounty on his head.

Moroccan national Abdal Rahman al-Maghrebi - dubbed Al-Qaeda's "general manager" of terror - is married to Zawahiri's daughter.

Maghrebi managed Al Sahab, Al Qaeda’s primary media wing for some time in Afghanistan and following the events of September 11, 2001, he fled to Iran.

Anticipating al-Zawahiri's death, a UN report last month suggested that Al-Maghrebi could become his successor.

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