AFP: The NATO force in Afghanistan said Monday it had killed an Al-Qaeda cell leader after he was pinpointed by alliance aircraft while carrying out an attack on a police post. In other incidents linked to the Al-Qaeda-sponsored Islamic insurgency five Afghan civilians and a handful of rebels were killed in a string of weekend clashes, Afghan authorities said. Abu Baqir, described as "a dual-hatted Taliban sub-commander and Al-Qaeda group leader", was killed on Sunday when his truck was targeted in an airstrike in northern Kunduz province, a hotbed of the insurgency.