Top Aal-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan, Biden says
, has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan. The US president described the death of al-Zawahiri, who was Osama Bin Laden’s deputy and successor, as a major blow to the terrorist network behind the September 11, 2001 attacks.
The CIA strike will be seen as a proof of the US’s ability to conduct 'over-the-horizon' operations despite last year’s military’s withdrawal from Afghanistan. But it also raised questions over al-Qaida’s continued presence in the country since the Taliban regained power
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