Is Afghanistan harboring terrorists again?
The killing of Ayman al-Zawahiri, the world\u2019s most wanted terrorist, leaves al-Qaeda in a leadership crisis. But the drone strike ordered by President Biden also highlights new tensions with the Taliban one year after the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan.
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Ayman al-Zawahiri\u2019s safe house in Afghanistan\u2019s capital, Kabul, was targeted by a drone strike Saturday after months of planning, officials said Monday. And Zawahiri had been a U.S. target for more than two decades: He oversaw the 9/11 attacks alongside al-Qaeda\u2019s founder, Osama bin Laden.
\u201cThis is a victory for the president, no doubt,\u201d national security reporter Shane Harris says on today\u2019s episode of Post Reports. \u201cBut beneath that victory is the fact that the world's most wanted terrorist moved right into the capital city of the country that [Biden] ordered troops to leave last year.\u201d