'Justice has been delivered': Joe Biden confirms US killing of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri

US President Joe Biden speaks on a "successful" counter-terrorism operation that killed al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, from the Blue Room balcony of the White House in Washington, DC, on Tuesday.

US President Joe Biden speaks on a "successful" counter-terrorism operation that killed al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri. Source: Getty / Jim Watson/POOL/AFP

The United States killed al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a strike in Afghanistan over the weekend, President Joe Biden said on Tuesday, the biggest blow to the militant group since its founder Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011.



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