The US killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, a senior administration official said, in the first known counter-terrorism operation in the country since it fell to the Taliban last year.
“His death deals a significant blow to al-Qaeda and will degrade the group’s ability to operate, including against the US homeland,” a senior US administration official said.
US president Joe Biden on Monday evening at the White House announced the operation had taken place.
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