Kabul: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri has been reported killed. Reuters news agency reported that he was killed in an attack by the US forces in Afghanistan.
Al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden was killed by US forces in 2011 while hiding in Pakistan. Al-Zawahiri then headed Al-Qaeda. He used to stay in Afghanistan and carry out terrorist activities. Sometimes he appeared in videos and spoke on Indian affairs in particular.
He was declared a wanted criminal in the United States and was reportedly killed last night in the Afghan capital, Kabul. US officials have also confirmed that al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone strike in Kabul.
Likewise, US President Joe Biden confirmed the information and called it a “successful counter-terrorism operation”.