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Taliban claims it did not know Al-Qaeda boss was in Afghanistan as it warns US to ‘never repeat’ drone strike

Ayman al-Zawahri, the head of Al-Qaeda, was killed in a drone strike on Sunday

Evening Standard

Taliban Claim They Unaware of Qaeda Leader in Afghanistan

The Taliban broke its silence Thursday, days after a US drone strike killing al-Qaeda’s top leader in Afghanistan’s capital, acknowledging his slaying and pledging to launch an investigation. The killing of Ayman al-Zawahri on the balcony of a Kabul safehouse Sunday has further strained relations between the Taliban and the…

Asharq Al-Awsat

India to host UNSC meet on counterterrorism in October

Meeting to bring representatives of 15 countries, including China and Russia, for talks on emerging threats

The Hindu

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Al Qaeda will pursue attacks undeterred by Zawahiri loss, experts say

The U.S. Hellfire missiles that killed Ayman al-Zawahiri dealt al Qaeda a powerful symbolic blow, but its far-flung branches are tactically independent and will not be deterred from plotting more attacks on local and Western targets, experts say

Reuters

'Ninja' Hellfire missiles 'like a bladed anvil' chopped up doomed Al-Qaeda leader

The US Hellfire missiles, which use blades instead of explosive warheads, used in the killing of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri were tested and perfected in counter-terrorism operations in Syria

Daily Mirror

Ties Between Al-Qaeda and the Taliban... Will ISIS benefit from the Rupture?

After having killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with a drone that hit the home he had been hiding in Kabul, the United States has, to a large extent, finished avenging the 9/11 attacks. The perpetrators were killed in bloody attacks, and Osama bin Laden was then killed by Navy…

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Four most wanted Al-Qaeda terrorists US is hunting after leader slain with killer drone

Senior US officials say the house where Ayman al-Zawahiri died was used or owned by Mr Haqqani and his network who are closely associated with both Al Qaeda and the Taliban

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Five monstrous terrorists who could take over al-Qaeda as leader killed in US airstrike

Following the death of Ayman al-Zawahiri, experts warned there could be a fresh wave of terror attacks on the West. There are fears he could be replaced by a more ruthless and blood-thirsty leader

Daily Mirror

Republicans Accuse Biden of Lying over Qaeda in Afghanistan

The killing of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan raised questions from Republican representatives who are already upset with the US withdrawal from Kabul, which fell to the Taliban a year ago. Joe Biden's announcement that the US had successfully killed the al-Qaeda leader was…

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State Department updates ‘worldwide caution’ warning of anti-American violence after al-Zawahiri strike

Al-Qaeda leader killed in counter-terrorism operation on 31 July

The Independent UK

Morning Digest | India monitoring impact of Zawahiri’s killing; Modi govt. renews push to reach out to Muslim community, and more

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The Hindu

The Killing of Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri: How it Happened

Despite a $25 million US bounty on his head, Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri apparently felt comfortable enough with the Taliban's takeover of Afghanistan to move into a home in Kabul where he would regularly appear out in the open, on his balcony. But the US government had not given up…

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Fears 'ninja' airstrike that wiped out al-Qaeda leader will spark fresh attacks on West

Intelligence and terrorism experts warned Ayman al-Zawahiri's death, although welcome revenge for thousands of deaths of civilians, signals a new threat to the world

Daily Mirror

Little-Known Modified Hellfire Likely Killed Al-Qaeda’s Zawahiri

Little-known modified Hellfire likely killed al Qaeda's Zawahiri Two Hellfire missiles fired from a drone killed the leader of al-Qaeda, causing surprisingly little damage beyond the target, suggesting they may be a version shrouded in secrecy and used by the United States to avoid non-combatant casualties. Officials said the missiles…

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The Hindu

Central officials assessing impact of Zawahiri’s killing on al-Qaeda’s presence in India

18 Indians are known to have joined the terror group between 2012 and 2015: police

Daily Mirror

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

Al Jazeera

Afghans say they know little about US killing of al-Qaeda leader

People in Kabul neighbourhood where Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed say they are surprised but don’t know more than that.

Daily Mirror

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

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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

The Independent UK

Six-bladed ‘ninja missile’ US used to kill Bin Laden’s deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri

The controversial weapon is known as the ‘flying Ginsu’ after a popular brand of steak knives

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

Watching Al-Qaeda Chief’s ‘Pattern of Life’ Key to His Death

As the sun was rising in Kabul on Sunday, two Hellfire missiles fired by a US drone ended Ayman al-Zawahiri's decade-long reign as the leader of al-Qaeda. The seeds of the audacious counterterrorism operation had been planted over many months. US officials had built a scale model of the safe…

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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…

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’

Radio France Internationale

US drone strike kills 9/11 attacks mastermind Zawahiri in Kabul

A US drone strike has killed Al Qaeda terrorist chief Ayman al-Zawahiri at a hideout in the Afghan capital, Kabul. Announcing the death of one of the men who plotted the 9/11 attacks, American President Joe Biden said "justice had been delivered" to victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks.

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