According to familiar sources with the situation, al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed in a CIA drone
strike in Afghanistan. According to a person who spoke on condition of
anonymity to discuss the matter, current and former officials began hearing
Sunday afternoon that al-Zawahiri had been killed in a drone strike, but the
government delayed releasing information until his death was
confirmed. White House officials declined to confirm al-Zawari's death but
said in a statement that the US had carried out a "successful"
counterterrorism operation against a key al-Qaeda target with no "civilian
casualties". According to a senior intelligence officer, a US ground team that was in Afghanistan to support the attack has now left.
Afghanistan, (Daily Post). Insurgents attacked two vans in the northern Afghan city of Mazar-e-Sharif on Thursday, killing at least nine people. "The bombs were installed inside the vans; as a result of those blasts, nine people were killed and 13 were injured," Mohammad Asif Waziri, the commander of Mazar-e-Sharif, said. The local Shi'ite community operated and used the public transportation vans, he added. The Shiite Muslim Hazara community, a minority Muslim sect in Afghanistan, is often attacked by armed groups, including the Islamic State. The Taliban, who seized power following NATO's withdrawal, claimed earlier this week that they had eliminated the majority of the Islamic State's presence in Afghanistan. Despite the Taliban claims, attacks on Shia Muslims continue in many parts of the country.
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