President Biden announced Monday that the U.S. government killed the leader of al Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahri in a "successful" counterterrorism operation in Afghanistan that removes the terrorist from the battlefield "once and for all," and degrades the terror network's ability to operate. WHO IS AYMAN AL ZAWAHRI? "They confirmed that Zawahri was a lawful target based on his continuing leadership role in al Qaeda and his participation and operational support for al Qaeda attacks," the official said. President Biden, last year, defended pulling out of Afghanistan by claiming al Qaeda was gone. "We went to Afghanistan for the express purpose of getting rid of al Qaeda in Afghanistan, as well as — as well as getting Osama bin Laden.

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