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The US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden has confirmed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital of Kabul on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He and Osama Bin Laden plotted the 9\/11 attacks together, and he was one of America\u2019s \u201cmost wanted terrorists\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Biden said Zawahiri had \u201ccarved a trail of murder and violence against American citizens\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSince the United States delivered justice to bin Laden 11 years ago, Zawahiri has been a leader of al-Qaeda,\u201d Mr Biden said. \u201cFrom hiding, he co-ordinated al-Qaeda\u2019s branches and all around the world, including setting priorities for providing operational guidance and calling for and inspired attacks against US targets.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow justice has been delivered and this terrorist leader is no more,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Zawahiri took over al-Qaeda after the death of Bin Laden in 2011.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Officials said Zawahiri was on the balcony of a safe house when the drone fired two missiles at him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Other family members were present, but they were unharmed and only Zawahiri was killed in the attack, they added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Biden said he had given the final approval for the \u201cprecision strike\u201d on the 71-year-old Egyptian after months of planning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His killing will bring closure to families of the nearly 3,000 victims of the 2001 attacks, Mr Biden added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNo 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,\u201d said Mr Biden, adding that \u201cwe shall never waver from defending our nation and its people\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mr Biden said Zawahiri had also masterminded other acts of violence, including the suicide bombing of the USS Cole naval destroyer in Aden in October 2000 which killed 17 US sailors, and the 1998 attacks on the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania, in which 223 people died.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He insisted that Afghanistan would never again become a safe haven for terrorists.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A Taliban spokesman described the US operation as a clear violation of international principles \u2013 but did not mention Zawahiri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cSuch actions are a repetition of the failed experiences of the past 20 years and are against the interests of the United States of America, Afghanistan and the region,\u201d the spokesman added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, US officials maintained that the operation had had a legal basis.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The killing of Zawahiri comes nearly a year after US troops completed their withdrawal from Afghanistan on the orders of Mr Biden, bringing an end to a 20-year military presence there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Under a 2020 peace deal with the US, the Taliban agreed not to allow al-Qaeda or any other extremist group to operate in areas under their control.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, the Taliban and al-Qaeda are long-time allies<\/a> and US officials said the Taliban were aware of Zawahiri\u2019s presence in Kabul.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In background briefings, US intelligence officers said Taliban affiliates had visited the safe house after the strike in an attempt to cover up evidence of his presence there.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that by hosting and sheltering Zawahiri in Kabul, the Taliban had \u201cgrossly violated\u201d the peace agreement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The drone strike is the first known US intervention inside Afghanistan since the military pullout last August and, despite the withdrawal, the decades-old \u201cwar on terror\u201d grinds on, the BBC\u2019s North America Correspondent John Sudworth observes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Days before the withdrawal, a miscalculated US drone strike killed<\/a> 10 innocent people in Kabul, including an aid worker and seven children. The US said it had been a \u201ctragic mistake\u201d and had been aiming to target a local branch of the Islamic State group.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Source:<\/strong> BBC<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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