**A key al-Qaeda figure wanted for a deadly attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan has been killed in a US drone strike, US officials believe.**Hussein al-Yemeni, a top al-Qaeda planner, died in the strike in the city of Miranshah in Pakistan.
He was believed to have helped plan an attack on a base in Khost in December in which a suicide bomber killed seven CIA agents and a Jordanian officer.
The CIA’s director has said al-Qaeda is now in disarray in Pakistan.