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Factbox-Who could succeed Al Qaeda's leader Zawahiri?

The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with a drone missile while he stood on a balcony at his home in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, officials in Washington said, the biggest blow to the militants since Osama bin Laden was shot dead in 2011.

Reuters

Daily Dose Ep 1114: Amit Shah on CAA implementation, ED raids National Herald’s office

Veronica Joseph brings you the news from New Delhi, West Bengal, Karnataka, and Afghanistan.

Newslaundry

‘Let us deal with it’: inside the elite Kabul district where Zawahiri was hit

The Taliban are jumpy now in gaudy Sherpur, which has hosted warlords, US contractors – and the leader of al-Qaida

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US cut-and-run from Afghanistan has opened up a new hub

Ayman al-Zawahiri, 71, the leader of the al Qaeda terrorist group was killed by a “precision” strike from Hellfire missiles launched from a US drone, as he stood on the balcony at a safe house in Kabul last Sunday.

Evening Standard

Who was Ayman al-Zawahri? Where does his death leave al-Qaida and what does it say about US counterterrorism?

Ayman al-Zawahri, leader of al-Qaida and a plotter of the 9/11 terrorist attacks, has been killed in a drone strike in the Afghan city of Kabul, according to the U.S. government.

The Conversation

Slain Al-Qaeda leader's son-in-law the ‘general manager of terror’ tipped to take over

Moroccan national Abdal Rahman al-Maghrebi - dubbed Al-Qaeda's "general manager" of terror - is married to the daughter of the extremist organisation's executed leader Ayman al-Zawahiri's and is expected to become his successor

Daily Mirror

Q&A: the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri explained

Leader of global militant group was killed in US drone strike in Afghanistan on Sunday

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40 days till the Cardinals’ 2022 season opener vs. Chiefs

Pat Tillman was the last player to wear No. 40 more than 20 years ago. It was retired after he was killed in action in Afghanistan.

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JJ Chalmers’ Prince Harry friendship, who's his wife and 'physically rebuilding his body' after Afghanistan explosion

JJ is one of the presenters at this year's Commonwealth Games

Wales Online

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

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

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Reuters

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.

Al Jazeera

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

The Independent UK

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’

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France 24

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.

The Times of India

Al-Zawahiri's death proof it is possible to root out terrorism without being at war: Former US President Barack Obama

WASHINGTON: Al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's death in a US drone strike in Afghanistan is proof that it is possible to root out terrorism without being at war, former US President Barack Obama has said, hailing the Biden administration for bringing one of the masterminds of the 9/11 attacks to justice…

Al Jazeera

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.

Asharq Al-Awsat

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…

Dynamite News

"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:

Evening Standard

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

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.

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