AFP reports On Tuesday, August 2, 2022, said US President Joe Biden made a televised statement on Monday that US operations have successfully completed the mission of using drones to kill Ayman al-Sawahiri, the current al-Qaeda leader. over the last weekend
“Justice is born. From now on there will be no more terrorist leader,” Biden said, adding: He hopes Sawahiri’s death will put an end to the families of the 3,000 people who died in the United States from 9/11.
One senior management official said: Sawahiri is on the balcony of a house in Kabul. It was hit by two Hellfire missiles on 31 July, the operation received the green light from Biden on 25 July.
This attack was the first time the United States able to kill al-Qaeda in Afghanistan since withdrawing from the country on August 31, 2021
Sawahiri was an Egyptian surgeon who grew up in a family in Cairo. before facing the use of violence in terrorism Especially the 9/11 incident that has been a target from the United States and has been fleeing for more than 20 years.
He emerged as the leader of al-Qaeda after Osama bin Laden was attacked by US special forces. Killed in Pakistan in 2011, he is believed to be the group’s strategist. and is considered the real mastermind in many violent incidents including the attacks on the United States on September 11, 2001.