KABUL (Pajhwok): Al-Qaeda Leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in an over-the-horizon operation in downtown Kabul, where he was residing as a guest of the Taliban, the US Department of Defense said on Wednesday.
The house was struck by two Hellfire missiles in a precision, counterterrorism operation at 6:18 am (Kabul time) on Sunday.
Zawahiri was the only casualty. "We are confident through our intelligence sources and methods — including multiple streams of intelligence — that we killed Zawahiri and no other individuals," a senior administration official said.
"His death deals a significant blow to Al-Qaeda and . . .
