BREAKING: Three sources tell CBS News that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was successfully targeted in Afghanistan.
President Biden is speaking Monday on what the White House is describing as a successful counterterrorism operation. Three sources confirmed to CBS News that top al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. counterterrorism strike in Afghanistan over the weekend.The president's remarks are slated at 7:30 p.m. Mr. Biden, who is experiencing a The strike comes nearly one year after U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan.
Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid on Monday confirmed an airstrike conducted by a drone in Kabul. He said the Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan views that as a clear violation of international principles. Al-Zawahiri has long been a wanted man. After the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks, then-President George W. Bush released a list of the FBI's 22 most wanted terrorists, with al-Zawahiri near the top of the list along with bin Laden. For years, he was known as al Qaeda's No. 2, but many analysts believe he was really the brains behind Osama bin Laden's operation.
Bin Laden was killed by U.S. special forces in 2011, but al-Zawahiri eluded attempts on his life and an international manhunt until his death. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, left, sits with his adviser Ayman al-Zawahiri, during an interview with a Pakistani journalist at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan for an article published Nov. 10, 2001. — CBS News' Arden Fahiri, Nancy Cordes, Andres Triay, Ahmad Muktar and Pat Milton contributed to this report.
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