Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri killed in US drone strike, US President Biden says Justice Served

The US has killed al-Qaeda leader al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. After receiving intelligence, a drone strike was carried out on Zawahiri on Sunday afternoon, in which he died. Zawahiri took over the leadership of the terrorist organization in 2011 after the killing of al-Qaeda founder Osama bin Laden.

According to the reports of the New York Times, this drone strike was done by the special team of the US intelligence agency CIA. Zawahiri had been living in Kabul since the Taliban government came to power in Afghanistan in August 2021. At the same time, the Taliban has been furious over the American action and has called it a violation of the Doha Agreement.

US President Joe Biden addresses the nation after the killing of al-Zawahiri. He said- 'We have found and killed Zawahiri. We will not let go of any threat that poses to America and its people. We will continue the attack on terror in Afghanistan. Biden also tweeted earlier, 'On Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully conducted an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan that killed the emir of al-Qa’ida: Ayman al-Zawahiri. Justice has been delivered.

Biden further added, "I made a promise to the American people that we’d continue to conduct effective counterterrorism operations in Afghanistan and beyond. We have done that."

On September 11, 2001, 19 terrorists hijacked 4 commercial planes and hit the World Trade Center in America. In America, it is known as the 9/11 attack. In this attack, 2 thousand 977 people from 93 countries were killed. In this attack, all the Al Qaeda terrorists including Osama bin Laden, and Al Zawahiri were accused by the US investigative agency.