Ayman al-Zawahiri is considered the mastermind of the September 11, 2001 attacks that left nearly 3,000 dead in New York, USA.
The United States killed al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike during a “successful counter-terrorist operation” in Afghanistan, according to US media.
Zawahiri, considered the brain of the September 11, 2001 attacks that left almost 3,000 dead in New York, became head of terrorist organization after Osama bin Laden’s death in 2011 at the hands of a US commando in Pakistan.
A US government official claimed that the US carried out a “counter-terrorist operation against a major al Qaeda target” in Afghanistan during the last weekend of July, without mentioning Ayman al Zawahiri.
The operation “was successful and there were no civilian casualties,” said the official who was not identified by the US media that released the information.
According to US media, Ayman al-Zawahiri may have killed in a drone strike carried out by the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) in the Afghan capital, Kabul.
The State Department was offering up to $25 million in reward for any information leading to the arrest or conviction of the al Qaeda leader. recalled the agency AFP.
This announcement comes almost a year after the chaotic withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan, which allowed the Taliban to regain control of the country twenty years after they were overthrown.
In mid-July, the United States announced that it had killed the leader of the Islamic State (IS) group in Syria.Maher al-Agal, during a drone strike, an operation that “significantly weakened the ability” of the organization “to prepare, finance and carry out operations in the region,” a US military spokesman said.
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