Osama bin Laden's son Hamza, who was confirmed killed in a counter-terror operation by the US, was emerging as the new al-Qaeda leader and was being groomed as a "very important strategic asset" of Pakistani military establishment, according to defence expert Qamar Agha.Hamza was apparently moved to the Pakistan-Afghanistan area after Islamabad was placed in the grey list of Financial Action Task Force (FATF), the defence expert said on Saturday after US President Donald Trump announced that the terrorist was killed in a counterterrorism operation in the Afghanistan/Pakistan region."Hamza bin Laden was involved in operational activities and had close ties with other organisations associated with al Qaeda," said Agha.He said Osama Bin Laden, Hamza bin Laden, al Qaeda's chief Ayman al-Zawahiri were are all very important strategic assets of Pakistani military establishment."They were groomed by Pakistani Army or ISI and they were being sheltered by them. When Pakistan was placed in the .
