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Various sources in Afghanistan and Pakistan said Friday that Al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri died in Afghanistan, “probably” of natural causes.
The “Arab News” newspaper cited in its report, at least 4 security sources in Pakistan and Afghanistan confirming the murder of Al-Zawahiri, adding that two of them said he “passed away”, however, they spoke informally because they are not authorized talk to the media. As Russia reported today.
The report said that “Al-Zawahiri, 69, last appeared in a video message on the anniversary of the September 11 attacks on the United States this year.”
According to a United Nations report on the activities of terrorist groups around the world published last July, “Al-Qaeda operated secretly in 12 Afghan provinces, and its leader, Al-Zawahiri, was stationed in Afghanistan.”
The United Nations estimated the total number of al Qaeda fighters in Afghanistan between 400 and 600.
The newspaper noted that “if this fact is confirmed, it is likely that a deep leadership vacuum will be created within the base, where at least two top leaders were recently assassinated who could have been in line to replace him.”
The New York Times reported last week that “the second Al Qaeda man, accused of helping to orchestrate the 1998 attacks on two US embassies in Africa, was killed in Iran last August by Israeli agents acting on the orders of the United States. “.
The newspaper quoted intelligence officials, “Abdullah Ahmed Abdullah, who was given the nom de guerre (Abu Muhammad al-Masry), was shot dead by two men on a motorcycle on the streets of Tehran last August.”
Last October, the Afghan security forces killed Abu Mohsen Al-Masry, another person on the FBI list, while the Afghan government announced this month that it had killed “another prominent al-Qaeda leader.”
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