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First Thing: al-Qaida leader killed in US drone strike, Joe Biden says

President ordered strike on Kabul safe house in Afghanistan during high-level meeting, administration says. Plus, space debris found in Australia

The Guardian - UK

Al-Qaida leader killed in Afghanistan by US drone strike, Biden confirms

US President Joe Biden has confirmed al Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan.

The National (Scotland)

Taliban under scrutiny as US kills al-Qaida leader in Kabul

The U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri is intensifying global scrutiny of Afghanistan’s Taliban rulers

The Independent UK

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Inside Al-Qaeda leader's final days before being blasted by 'ninja missile' on balcony

Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was instrumental in the 9/11 terror attacks with comrade Osama Bin Laden, spent much of his life living among Afghanistan's unforgiving mountains but spent his final months in a flashy Kabul suburb

Daily Mirror

Shocking moment of fiery explosion believed to have killed al-Qaeda chief

Osama Bin Laden's former right-hand man and current al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed by a CIA drone strike when he came out on the balcony of his safe house in Kabul, Afghanistan, on Sunday

Daily Mirror

Al Qaeda's Zawahiri survived harsh mountains, killed in posh Kabul locality

Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, who had a $25 million U.S. bounty on his head, survived years in Afghanistan's rugged mountains but his last months were spent in an upscale Kabul neighbourhood where top officials from the Taliban also live.

Reuters

US kills al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri: What we know so far

Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone attack that targeted a house in central Kabul, Afghanistan, according to the US.

Al Jazeera

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Blinken: Taliban ‘Grossly’ Violated Doha Agreement by Sheltering Zawahiri

The Taliban "grossly" violated the Doha Agreement by hosting and sheltering al-Qaeda's top leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Monday. The United States killed leader Zawahiri in a strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, President Joe Biden said on Monday, the biggest blow to the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

Taliban ‘grossly violated’ agreement by sheltering al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, US says

Taliban condemns US for drone attack and calls it ‘clear violation of international principles and Doha Agreement’

The Independent UK

From Cairo doctor to al Qaeda’s chief ideologue: Who was Ayman al-Zawahiri?

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who has been killed in a US drone strike in Afghanistan, President Joe Biden said Monday, was the key ideologue behind the global terror network for several decades, though he was never able to revive the status it had under charismatic founder Osama bin Laden.

France 24

US killing al-Zawahiri in Kabul a violation of Doha pact: Taliban

Taliban condemns the drone strike, calling it a ‘clear violation’ of international principles and 2020 Doha Agreement.

Al Jazeera

Al-Qaeda Leader Zawahiri Killed in US Drone Strike in Downtown Kabul

The United States killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a "precision" strike in the center of Kabul, the Afghanistan capital, President Joe Biden said, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. Zawahiri, an Egyptian surgeon who had a $25 million…

Asharq Al-Awsat

"Justice has been delivered," says US President Joe Biden as 9/11 key plotter killed in Kabul

Al-Zawahiri was one of the world's most wanted terrorists and a mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks was killed in a drone strike carried out by the US in the Afghan capital Kabul on Saturday. Read more on Dynamite News:

Dynamite News

Ayman al-Zawahiri: Al-Qaeda leader killed by US drone strike in Kabul

The US President said intelligence officials tracked al-Zawahiri to a home in downtown Kabul where he was hiding out with his family

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Reuters

Reaction to killing of al Qaeda leader Zawahiri

The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.

ABC News

What we know about the US strike on Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan on Sunday. This is what we know about how it unfolded.

The Guardian - UK

Fears over building works at Afghan Buddhas of Bamiyan site

Unesco says it has not been consulted on project and local experts are alarmed at Taliban plans

Dynamite News

US kills Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in drone strike

"On Saturday, at my direction, the United States successfully concluded an air strike in Kabul, Afghanistan and killed Al Qaeda Amir Ayman al-Zawahiri," US President Joe Biden said in a media briefing. Full story on Dynamite News:

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Los Angeles Times

Biden declares ‘justice delivered’ after drone strike kills al-Qaida leader

WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri, a key plotter of the Sept. 11 attacks, was killed in a CIA drone strike he ordered targeting the terrorist leader in Afghanistan.

Reuters

How the CIA identified and killed Al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri

Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.

The Guardian - US

Ayman al-Zawahiri: al-Qaida leader killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan, Joe Biden says

President ordered strike on Kabul safe house last month during a high-level meeting, administration says

Al Jazeera

Who was al-Qaeda’s leader Ayman al-Zawahiri?

Al-Zawahiri, linked to 9/11 and attacks that left thousands dead, has been killed in a US drone strike.

The Independent UK

EXPLAINER: Who was al-Zawahri — and why did US kill him?

A U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan this weekend killed Ayman al-Zawahri, who helped Osama bin Laden plot the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States and ensured al-Qaida survived and spread in the years after

Los Angeles Times

Biden declares ‘justice delivered’ after drone strike kills al-Qaida leader

The Independent UK

Al-Zawahri's path went from Cairo clinic to top of al-Qaida

The doors of jihad opened for Ayman al-Zawahri as a young doctor in a Cairo clinic

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