Washington: Security forces in the United States have killed Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in an airstrike in Kabul, President Joe Biden claimed on Monday.
Zawahiri had been accused of plotting the September 11, 2001, terrorist attacks, also known as 9/11, in the United States along with former Al-Qaeda chief Osama Bin Laden.
The terrorist outfit hijacked four planes, two of which two crashed into the North and South towers of the World Trade Center. Both the towers collapsed in an hour. Another plane crashed into a portion of the Pentagon. The fourth plane, which was allegedly intended to destroy another important building, crashed into a field in Pennsylvania. The attacks killed 2,977 persons.
On Monday, Biden said that the United States conducted an airstrike in Kabul, Afghanistan two days ago, killing al-Zawahiri. He added that the killing will bring closure to the families of those who died in the attacks.
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