The United States has killed the leader of Al Qaeda, President Joe Biden confirmed on Monday.
“On Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully concluded an airstrike in Kabul Afghanistan that killed the Emir of al Qaeda, Ayman al Zawahiri,” Biden said in an address at the Whitehouse.
American forces conducted the precision drone strike on the Al Qaeda leader in Kabul, Afghanistan, Biden said, after the U.S. intelligence community located Zawahiri earlier this year. Biden said the strike did not lead to civilian casualties.
The spokesperson for the Taliban, Zabihullah Mujahid, wrote on Twitter on Monday that “an air strike was carried out on a residential house in Sherpur area of Kabul city” the past Sunday. Mujahid said the attack was conducted by American drones….