New Delhi (The Stellar News): In a lethal drone attack by US, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been killed in Afganistan. US President Joe Biden on Tuesday confirmed that Al-Qaeda leader has been killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afgan Capital Kabul on Sunday.
He and Osama Bin Laden Plotted the 9/11 attcks together, and he was one of America’s most wanted terrorists. Mr Biden said al-Zawahiri had “carved a trail of murder and violence against American citizens”.
“From hiding, he co-ordinated al-Qaeda’s branches and all around the world, including setting priorities for providing operational guidance and calling for and inspired attacks against US targets,” the president said in a live television address from the White House.
“Now justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more,” he added. The FBI updated its Most Wanted Terrorist poster on Monday with Zawahiri’s status: “Deceased.”
The 71-year-old Egyptian doctor took over al-Qaeda after the death of Bin Laden in 2011. Officials said Zawahiri was on the balcony of a safe house when the drone fired two missiles at him.
Mr Biden said he had given the final approval for the “precision strike” after months of planning.
