Al Qaeda Leader Killed In U.S. Drone Strike In Afghanistan
b'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 \\u2014 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.
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