Taliban Claim Ignorance about Slain Al-Zawahiri's Presence in Kabul
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Afghanistan’s Taliban administration claims that it had 'no knowledge' that slain al-Qaida leader was residing in Kabul and warns of unspecified 'consequences' if US breaches Afghan territorial sovereignty in future
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Taliban Claim Ignorance about Slain Al-Zawahiri's Presence in Kabul
Al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri's death in Taliban-controlled Afghanistan has national security officials concerned the country is being used as a base for terrorism.
Top Taliban leaders knew that al Qaeda chief Ayman al Zawahiri, the successor of Osama bin Laden, was hiding in Afghanistan, according to a senior administration official who spoke to reporters shortly after the details emerged about a strike that took out the terrorist leader.
The US and the Taliban traded accusations of violating a key 2020 accord after Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by a US drone attack in a part of the Afghan capital long known for its ostentatious villas.
Afghanistan’s Taliban administration claims that it had 'no knowledge' that slain al-Qaida leader was residing in Kabul and warns of unspecified 'consequences' if US breaches Afghan territorial sovereignty in future
ISLAMABAD — The Taliban said Thursday they are investigating what they described as “claims” that al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Afghan capital. However, the group insisted in a statement that it “has no knowledge of the arrival and residence” of al-Zawahri …
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 Taliban said Thursday they are investigating what they described as “claims” that al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in the Afghan capital.
By Mostafa Salem, Ehsan Popalzai, Paul P. Murphy and Ivana Kottasová, CNN The Taliban have claimed they were not aware that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was residing in the Afghan capital of Kabul where the US said he was killed in a drone strike over the weekend.
ISLAMABAD (AP) -- The Taliban said Thursday they are investigating what they described as "claims" that al-Qaida chief Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a
ISLAMABAD - The Taliban are investigating a U.S. "claim" that al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, a Taliban official said on Thursday,
The Taliban said Thursday they have no knowledge of Ayman al-Zawahiri's presence in Afghanistan, days after US President Joe Biden announced the Al-Qaeda
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