Biden says US strike in Afghanistan killed prime al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri
WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden mentioned Monday {that a} U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend killed prime al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri, the successor of the terrorist community’s slain chief Osama bin Laden.
“Justice has been delivered and this terrorist chief is not any extra,” the president mentioned in a particular tackle on the White Home Monday night.
The strike, which occurred at 9:38 p.m. ET Saturday night time, is the primary recognized U.S. assault in Afghanistan since Biden ended America’s 20-year struggle in Afghanistan final August.
Al-Zawahri, 71, was standing on a balcony of a “protected home” in