Al-Zawahiri's mere presence in Kabul - where he was said to be actively plotting further attacks against the US - completely contradicts Biden's claim that al Qaeda is 'gone' from Afghanistan, writes Piers Morgan.
It may have taken 21 years to get him since the evil terrorist dubbed “bin Laden’s brains” masterminded the 9/11 attacks. But better late than never.
From the various conversations I’ve had today, New Yorkers feel a collective visceral need for these moments of vengeance and accountability for the 9/11 barbarism. It’s been widely reported that it was an al Qaeda “safe house,” though this turned out to be a somewhat overly optimistic description. There is a not a snowball in hell’s chance that Zawahiri would have done this without the knowledge and explicit support of Taliban chiefs.
Incredibly, this means the leader of al Qaeda was actively plotting further terror attacks from inside Kabul, and the Taliban knew it. Biden’s sudden, catastrophic withdrawal from the country a year ago, without leaving even a small force on the ground to keep order, was widely condemned at the time for being a staggeringly reckless act that would haunt America.
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