FBI/Handout via REUTERSAl Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was killed in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan over the weekend according to US officials, appears in an undated FBI Most Wanted poster. Officials said the missiles killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri while he stood on a balcony at his home in downtown Kabul, Afghanistan, over the weekend in the biggest blow to the militants since Osama bin Laden was killed in 2011. A senior administration official told reporters two Hellfire missiles were fired from an unmanned aerial vehicle at Zawahiri. Hellfire missiles, mostly made by Lockheed Martin are precision guided munitions for air-to-ground strikes that normally cause significant damage, taking down whole buildings and killing or severely injuring anyone nearby. A Pentagon spokeswoman referred a query on the R9X missiles to US Special Operations Command, which would be the prime purchaser of the missile.

Source: bd News24 June 07, 2024 21:31 UTC