Ayman al-Zawahiri: al-Qaida leader killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan, Joe Biden says
by David Smith in Washington, Joanna Walters in New Y from World news | The Guardian on (#621Y9)
President ordered strike on Kabul safe house last month during a high-level meeting, administration says
A US drone strike in Afghanistan has killed the top al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, Joe Biden announced on Monday.
The US president described the death of Zawahiri, who was Osama bin Laden's deputy and successor, as a major blow to the terrorist network behind the September 11 2001 attacks.
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