Al-Qaeda’s top leader killed by US drone strike
In this 1998 file photo made available March 19, 2004, Ayman al-Zawahiri, left, listens during a news conference with Osama bin Laden in Khost, Afghanistan. A US airstrike has killed al-Qaeda leader Zawahiri in Afghanistan, according to a person familiar with the matter.
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