US President Joe Biden announced the murder of the leader of the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization Aiman Az-Zawakhiri in Afghanistan, BBC reports.
“Justice has happened, and this leader of the terrorists is no longer. We are never retreating,” Biden said in a television show.
According to the head of the White House, the whereabouts of Zavakhiri became aware of the American intelligence services earlier this year.
“We again declare, regardless of how much time it will take, wherever you hide if you pose a threat to our people, the United States will find you,” said Bayden.
At a special briefing, a representative of the White House said that a high -precision blow was inflicted last Sunday to the house in the Afghan capital, in which Zavakhiri had been hiding lately. “For several months, our confidence that Zavakhiri has been in this place in Kabul. For a long time we noticed Zavakhiri on the balcony, where it was ultimately struck by him,” she said. According to her, two Hellfire missiles were released from the drone. As a result of the impact, neither the relatives of the Zavakhiri who were in the house, nor civilians around.
were injured.
BBC notes that the special operation against Zavakhiri was the first blow of the Americans on Al-Qaeda in Afghanistan since the withdrawal of American troops in August last year.