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Afghans cast doubt on Kabul killing of Al-Qaeda chief

Kabul (AFP) - Many Afghans expressed shock or doubt Tuesday that Al-Qaeda's chief had been killed in Kabul by a US drone strike, saying they couldn't believe Ayman Al-Zawahiri had been hiding in their midst.

AFP

Inside Al-Qaeda leader's final days before being blasted by 'ninja missile' on balcony

Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was instrumental in the 9/11 terror attacks with comrade Osama Bin Laden, spent much of his life living among Afghanistan's unforgiving mountains but spent his final months in a flashy Kabul suburb

Daily Mirror

Shocking moment of fiery explosion believed to have killed al-Qaeda chief

Osama Bin Laden's former right-hand man and current al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed by a CIA drone strike when he came out on the balcony of his safe house in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday

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Six-bladed ‘ninja missile’ US used to kill Bin Laden’s deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri

The controversial weapon is known as the ‘flying Ginsu’ after a popular brand of steak knives

The Independent UK

US kills al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri: What we know so far

Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone attack that targeted a house in central Kabul, Afghanistan, according to the US.

Al Jazeera

US kills Al-Qaeda chief in Afghan drone strike

Kabul (AFP) - A United States drone strike killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri at a hideout in Kabul, President Joe Biden said Monday, declaring "justice had been delivered" to the families of the 9/11 attacks.

AFP

Watching Al-Qaeda Chief’s ‘Pattern of Life’ Key to His Death

As the sun was rising in Kabul on Sunday, two Hellfire missiles fired by a US drone ended Ayman al-Zawahiri's decade-long reign as the leader of al-Qaeda. The seeds of the audacious counterterrorism operation had been planted over many months. US officials had built a scale model of the safe…

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Blinken: Taliban ‘Grossly’ Violated Doha Agreement by Sheltering Zawahiri

The Taliban "grossly" violated the Doha Agreement by hosting and sheltering al-Qaeda's top leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. The United States killed leader Zawahiri in a strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, President Joe Biden said on Monday, the biggest blow to the…

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Taliban ‘grossly violated’ agreement by sheltering al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, US says

Taliban condemns US for drone attack and calls it ‘clear violation of international principles and Doha Agreement’

The Independent UK

US drone strike kills 9/11 attacks mastermind Zawahiri in Kabul

A US drone strike has killed Al Qaeda terrorist chief Ayman al-Zawahiri at a hideout in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Announcing the death of one of the men who plotted the 9/11 attacks, American President Joe Biden said "justice had been delivered" to victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

Radio France Internationale

Ayman Al-Zawahiri: From Cairo Physician to Al-Qaeda Leader

Ayman al-Zawahiri succeeded Osama bin Laden as al-Qaeda leader after years as its main organizer and strategist, but his lack of charisma and competition from rival militants ISIS hobbled his ability to inspire sizeable attacks on the West. Zawahiri, 71, was killed in a US drone strike, US President Joe…

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Saudi Arabia Welcomes Killing of Leader of Terrorist Al-Qaeda

Saudi Arabia welcomed on Monday the United States’ announcement of the killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri, leader of the terrorist al-Qaeda organization, reported the Saudi Press Agency. In a statement, the Saudi Foreign Ministry said Zawahiri was among terrorist leaders who plotted and carried out heinous terrorist operations in the US,…

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US killing al-Zawahiri in Kabul a violation of Doha pact: Taliban

Taliban condemns the drone strike, calling it a ‘clear violation’ of international principles and 2020 Doha Agreement.

Al Jazeera

Al-Qaeda Leader Zawahiri Killed in US Drone Strike in Downtown Kabul

The United States killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a "precision" strike in the center of Kabul, the Afghanistan capital, President Joe Biden said, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon who had a $25 million…

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Crikey

No safe haven for terrorists: Albanese

Australian political leaders have reflected on the death of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan.

Evening Standard

Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader killed by US drone strike in Kabul

The US President said intelligence officials tracked al-Zawahiri to a home in downtown Kabul where he was hiding out with his family

AFP

The killing of Al-Qaeda's Zawahiri: how it happened

Washington (AFP) - Despite a $25 million US bounty on his head, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri apparently felt comfortable enough with the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan to move into a home in Kabul where he would regularly appear out in the open, on his balcony.

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Al Jazeera

Who was al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri?

Al-Zawahiri, linked to 9/11 and attacks that left thousands dead, has been killed in a US drone strike.

Crikey

US kills al-Qaeda leader, but not the threat the group poses

‘No matter how long it takes, no matter where you hide, if you are a threat to our people, the United States will find you and take you out.’

AFP

US kills Al-Qaeda chief in Kabul drone strike

Washington (AFP) - A United States drone strike killed Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri at a hideout in the Afghan capital, President Joe Biden said Monday, adding "justice had been delivered" to the families of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

AFP

Qaeda leader Zawahiri: 9/11 planner and bin Laden successor

Paris (AFP) - Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan, was the key idealogue behind the global terror network for several decades, but never revived the status it had under charismatic founder Osama bin Laden.

Axios

Biden: "Justice has been delivered" with death of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

The CIA operation has delivered the most significant blow to al-Qaeda since the death of Osama bin Laden.

The Independent UK

Questions for the Taliban as Biden announces death of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

‘The Taliban were aware of his presence in Kabul... they need to explain their position,’ says one official

AFP

Biden says US killed Al-Qaeda chief al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan

Washington (AFP) - President Joe Biden announced Monday that the United States had killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the world's most wanted terrorists and suspected mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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