The demise of Al Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in Kabul in an American drone strike final month has destroyed the picture of change and stability projected by the Taliban after seizing energy within the nation a yr in the past, making it clear that Afghanistan continues to face the danger of turning into a terror haven amid the persisting risk of the Islamic State terror group.

United States’ President Joe Biden had introduced that the Al Qaeda chief had been taken out by a US drone on Jul. 31 at a residence in central Kabul.

The Taliban condemned the US strike on Afghan soil and insisted that they have been unaware al-Zwahiri’s presence in Kabul, with out explicitly confirming the demise of the terrorist chief.

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