US President Joe Biden confirmed that a drone strike in Afghanistan killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, who took over as al-Qaeda leader after Osama bin Laden's death in a US raid. Biden was set to announce the killing, delivering a significant counterterrorism win just 11 months after American troops left the country after a two-decade war.
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