AYMAN AL-ZAWAHIRI

Pakistan’s foreign minister is recommending cooperation with the Taliban even though many U.S. officials say Afghanistan’s ruling faction has proved unworthy of it.

The Central Intelligence Agency museum in Virginia will add new spy exhibits such as newly declassified artifacts from the CIA’s most storied operations.

The al-Zawahiri model home is the rare artifact that had been used by intelligence officers just weeks beforehand.

The ceremonies come on the heels of the anniversary of the messy withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan and the collapse of the U.S.-backed Afghan government.

The U.N. humanitarian chief is warning that Afghanistan faces deepening poverty with 6 million people at risk of famine.

Answer: Very carefully

The way Barack Obama, Donald Trump and Joe Biden announced the deaths of terrorist chiefs revealed much about their own leadership.

America's best confronted its worst last weekend as the U.S. killed Ayman al-Zawahiri while the LIV Golf tournament played out on a Trump course.

The Taliban strongly denounced the U.S. drone strike that killed Zawahiri and claimed it was unaware of his “arrival or stay” in the Afghan capital.

Dan SmockDan Smock loved the view from the balcony of the house in Kabul he shared with fellow American aid workers. It looked out over the rooftops of the Afghan capital, with stunning snowcapped mountains in the distance. Smock liked it so much that he says he “hung out on that balcony a lot” during his time in Afghanistan. Someone else who came to appreciate that same view was 9/11 plotter and al Qaeda boss Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was taking the air on the same balcony early Sunday morning whe

The killing of al-Zawahiri has further strained relations between the Taliban and the West, particularly as the Taliban seek an urgent infusion of cash

The President's National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan discusses the war in Ukraine, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's visit to Taiwan, and the U.S. drone strike that took out al-Qaida's leader.

The al-Qaeda leader's death hits home to those he robbed of a husband, a wife, or their eyesight.

The State Department warns of potential anti-American violence following the U.S. killing of al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. Experts say his loss hurts the group, but doesn't erase the threat.

The United States could only locate and take out Ayman al-Zawahiri because he was ensconced in an Afghan capital that the United States and its allies had effectively ceded to the Taliban. The pathos and irony of it all are hard to ignore.

Ahram said that al-Qaeda remains committed to attacking the U.S. and its allies, but their ability is damaged.

The end of the Zawahiri era finds the al-Qaeda movement in a state of disarray, experts say, but also offers the terrorist group a chance for some rebirth.

The missiles were launched by an unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, killing him instantly.

The missiles were launched by an unmanned aerial vehicle, or drone, killing him instantly.

Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of Al Qaeda, was killed by a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan over the weekend. For years, al-Zawahiri was Osama Bin Laden's deputy — and was known as the mastermind behind the 9-11 attacks. NPR's Greg Myre and Diaa Hadid discuss the implications of al-Zawahiri's death for the U.S., Afghanistan, and America's decades-long war on terror.This episode also features reporting from NPR's Steve Inskeep.In participating regions, you'll also hear a local news segment to help you make sense of what's going on in your community.Email us at considerthis@npr.org.

What does the stark evidence of the renewed relationship between Al Qaeda and Afghanistan’s leaders suggest?

Popular anger could push regime to retaliate and further turn away from the West in favor of hard-line religion.

Zawahiri's death places al-Qaida in a precarious position, argues Colin P. Clarke of the Soufan Center. The question of succession will help shape al-Qaida now — and it may prove divisive.

The drone strike that killed Ayman al-Zawahiri took out the terrorist group’s most visible leader and delivered justice for thousands of innocent victims.

Democrats and Republicans praised the strike, as did Saudi Arabia, which has been accused of complicity in the 9/11 plot Ayman al-Zawahiri helped oversee.

President Biden said the death of Zawahiri, who succeeded Osama bin Laden, means Afghanistan can no longer “become a terrorist safe haven.”

I have to admit that the terrorist’s end leaves me cold. Revenge is sour because it always comes too late.

I have to admit that the terrorist’s end leaves me cold. Revenge is sour because it always comes too late.

On Monday, President Biden announced a successful counterterrorism operation in which Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed, and Virginia Senators Mark Warner and Tim Kaine both released statements on the operation.

The Al Qaeda leader was reportedly killed in Afghanistan by a U.S. drone strike.

Al-Zawahiri was deeply involved in the planning of 9/11, and led the organization after bin Laden was killed in 2011. He died in a U.S. drone strike in Afghanistan on Sunday.

The terrorist leader was believed to be the true architect behind the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the United States.

A senior military official has confirmed with NPR that a strike carried out by the U.S. has killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, a top Al-Qaida leader and key plotter in the 9/11 attacks.

US President Joe Biden speaks to the travelling press after taking part in a working session with Saudi Arabias Crown Prince at the Al-Salam Palace in Jeddah, on July 15, 2022. WASHINGTON — President Joe Biden will address the nation Monday evening following a CIA counterterrorism strike in Afghanistan that killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri. "The operation was successful and there were no civilian casualties," said a senior Biden administration official, speaking on the condition of anonymity. Biden is slated to speak from the White House at 7:30 p.m. Sunday's drone strike is the first known CIA counterterrorism operation since Kabul fell to the Taliban last year.

The Taliban's supreme leader has offered prayers for Afghanistan's earthquake victims during a speech to Islamic clerics in Kabul.

The following is a transcript of an interview with former Acting CIA Director Michael Morell that aired on Sunday, September 12, 2021, on "Face the Nation."

Foreign keyboard criminals with scant fear of repercussions have paralyzed U.S. schools and hospitals, leaked highly sensitive police files, triggered fuel shortages and, most recently, threatened global food supply chains.

WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday accused Iran of having secret ties with the al-Qaida network and imposed new sanctions on several senior Iranian officials. In a speech to the National Press Club just, Pompeo attacked Iran for alleged secret ties with al-Qaida, citing newly declassified intelligence suggesting Tehran harbored the group’s No. Pompeo claimed that ties between al-Qaida and Iran vastly improved in 2015, when the Obama administration, along with France, Germany and Britain, were finalizing the nuclear deal. “Iran decided to allow al-Qaida to establish a new operational headquarters, on the condition that al-Qaida operatives inside abide by the regime’s rules governing al-Qaida’s stay inside the country.”He said that since 2015, Iran has given al-Qaida leaders greater freedom of movement inside Iran and have provided safe havens and logistical support to al-Qaida. He said Iran has had “a crystal-clear and defendable record” in fighting al-Qaida and IS terrorism.

(Saul Loeb/Pool Photo via AP, File)WASHINGTON – Secretary of State Mike Pompeo has announced that he will designate Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthi rebels as a “foreign terrorist organization” as time runs down on the Trump administration. In addition to the Houthi designation, Pompeo in coming days is also expected to likely re-designate Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism," according to several admininstration officials. On Saturday Pompeo angered China when he declared restrictions on U.S. diplomatic contacts with Taiwanese officials to be null and void. The administration had been weighing the formal designation of the Houthi rebels as a “foreign terrorist organization” for months. On Saturday, Pompeo announced that he was rescinding all restrictions on contacts between U.S. diplomats and Taiwanese officials.

The announcement comes as Pompeo and his top aides rush to complete actions they believe will cement their legacy and the president’s. In addition to the Houthi designation, Pompeo in coming days is also expected to likely re-designate Cuba as a “state sponsor of terrorism," according to several admininstration officials. On Saturday Pompeo angered China when he declared restrictions on U.S. diplomatic contacts with Taiwanese officials to be null and void. “The United States recognizes concerns that these designations will have an impact on the humanitarian situation in Yemen,” Pompeo said in his statement. On Saturday, Pompeo announced that he was rescinding all restrictions on contacts between U.S. diplomats and Taiwanese officials.

The United States and Israel worked together to track and kill Abu Mohammed al-Masri, a senior al-Qaida operative in Iran earlier this year, a bold intelligence operation by the two allied nations that came as the Trump administration was ramping up pressure on Tehran. (AP Photo/Sayyid Azim, File)WASHINGTON – The United States and Israel worked together to track and kill a senior al-Qaida operative in Iran earlier this year, a bold intelligence operation by the two allied nations that came as the Trump administration was ramping up pressure on Tehran. The revelations that Iran was harboring an al-Qaida leader could help Israel bolster its case with the new U.S. administration. Iran denied the reports, saying the government is not harboring any al-Qaida leaders and blaming the U.S. and Israel for trying to foment anti-Iranian sentiment. Hezbollah never commented on reports and Lebanese security officials did not report that any citizens were killed in Tehran.

1998: The United States embassy bombings in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, and Nairobi, Kenya, kill approximately 212 people. The attacks were linked to local members of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad, brought Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahiri to the attention of the American public for the first time, and resulted in the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation placing bin Laden on its Ten Most Wanted Fugitives list. Hide Caption