EXPLAINER: Who was Al Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri - and why did US kill him?

Al-Zawahiri killed: Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a drone strike conducted by the US foreign intelligence agency CIA in Afghanistan's Kabul. He was one of the most sought-after terrorists, and was the mind behind the twin tower attacks of 2001, also known as the 9/11 attacks. He helped Osama bin Laden plot the attacks on the United States and helped al-Qaida survive and spread in the years after. By finding and striking al-Zawahiri, President Joe Biden said, the U.S. was ensuring that Afghanistan under the Taliban would never again become a base for attacks on the rest of the world, as it was in 2001.

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