Taliban investigate US claim of killing Al Qaeda leader
Taliban fighters drive a car on a street following the killing of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a U.S. strike over the weekend, in Kabul, Afghanistan, August 2, 2022. REUTERS Taliban are investigating a US "claim" that it killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. The United States killed Zawahiri with a missile fired from a drone, it claims. Taliban leaders have remained largely tight-lipped about the Sunday drone strike. The Taliban are investigating a US "claim" that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a US drone strike in Kabul, a Taliban official said on Thursday, indicating the group's leadership were not aware of his presence there. The United States killed Zawahiri with a missile fired from a drone while he stood on a balcony at his Kabul hideout on Sunday, US officials said, in the biggest blow to the militants since Osama bin Laden was shot dead more than a decade ago. "The government and the leadership wasn’t aware o