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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.
He was killed in a counter-terrorism operation carried out by the CIA in the Afghan capital Kabul.
He and Osama Bin Laden plotted the 9/11 attacks 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.
The 71-year-old Egyptian doctor took over al-Qaeda after the death of Bin Laden in 2011.
Mr. Biden said he had given the final approval for the precision strike after months of planning. END.