The United States carried out a “successful” counter-terrorism operation against a “senior” al Qaeda leader, Ayman Al Zawahiri, in Afghanistan over the weekend, a senior administration official told Fox News.
President Joe Biden is expected to make a statement to the nation from the White House on Monday night at 7: 10 pm about said operation in Afghanistan.
“Over the weekend, the United States conducted a counter-terrorist operation against a major Al Qaeda target in Afghanistan ”, a senior administration official would have informed the quoted media on Monday. “The operation was successful and there were no civilian casualties.”
Two intelligence sources told Fox that Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al Zawahiri was killed in the CIA drone attack.
It is worth mentioning that the Joe Biden government closed the US embassy in Kabul and withdrew all military assets from Afghanistan on 31 August 2021, ending America’s longest war.
The president of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Mark Milley warned lawmakers last September that terror groups like al Qaeda could grow much faster after the US pullout from Afghanistan.
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