Al-Qaeda chief killed in anti-terrorist operation in Afghanistan
Created: 08/01/2022Updated: 08/02/2022 01:48
Aiman al-Zawahiri, then deputy leader of the terrorist organization al-Qaeda, speaks on the Arabic news channel al-Jazeera in 2006.
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According to a senior government official, the US has conducted a successful operation against the terrorist organization in Afghanistan.
Washington - The leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network, Aiman al-Zawahiri, has been killed in a US anti-terrorist operation in Afghanistan.
Al-Sawahiri was killed in a targeted drone attack at a shelter in the Afghan capital Kabul over the weekend, a senior US official said.
"Over the weekend, the United States conducted an anti-terrorist operation against a key al-Qaeda target in Afghanistan," a senior government official said earlier.
"The operation was successful and there were no civilian casualties." dpa
