The United States has killed Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, according to US media outlets, in what the White House announced Monday was a “successful” operation against a target in Afghanistan.
The New York Times, Washington Post and CNN were among outlets reporting the target’s identity, citing unidentified sources. President Joe Biden was due to deliver a televised address on the operation later Monday.
Zawahiri took over Al-Qaeda after US forces killed Osama bin Laden in 2011. He was blamed as a mastermind of the September 11, 2001, attacks that killed nearly 3,000 civilians and he had been on the run ever since.
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