The Taliban say they have not found the body of Ayman al-Zawahiri and are continuing investigations after the United States claimed they killed the Al Qaeda leader in an air strike in Kabul last month.
They have repeatedly denied any ties to the terrorist group since seizing power last yearSpeaking at a press conference in Kabul, Taliban spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said "the results have yet to be clarified".
"The body has not been found there because of the rockets that targeted the area — the area is destroyed and nothing is left of it,” he said. The United States said they killed al-Zawahiri on July 31, with a missile fired from a drone while he stood on a balcony at his hideout in the biggest blow to Al Qaeda since US Navy SEALS shot dead Osama bin Laden more than a decade ago.The Taliban cast doubt on those claims, stating only that a US drone had struck a Kabul home.
Al Qaeda, who shared a common ideology, found a safe haven under the previous Taliban leadership and used the country as a base from which it launched the September 11 attacks — which led to the US invasion of the country in 2001.
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