https://www.nytimes.com/live/2022/08/01/us/al-qaeda-leader-killed
WASHINGTON — An American drone strike killed Ayman al-Zawahri, a key plotter of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks who took over as the leader of Al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden's death, at

https://www.cbsnews.com/live-updates/ayman-al-zawahiri-al-qaeda-terrorist-leader-killed-drone-biden/
For years, al-Zawahiri was known as al Qaeda's No. 2, but many analysts believe he was really the brains behind bin Laden's operation. Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, left, sits with his adviser

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/politics/joe-biden-counter-terrorism/index.html
CNN —. The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike, President Joe Biden said Monday in a speech from the White House. "I authorized a precision strike that

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-62387167
Reuters. Bin Laden (left) and Zawahiri together declared war on the US and organised the 9/11 attacks. The US has killed the leader of al-Qaeda, Ayman al-Zawahiri, in a drone strike in Afghanistan

https://www.cnn.com/politics/live-news/biden-counter-terrorism-remarks-08-01-22/index.html
The United States successfully undertook "a precision counterterrorism operation" in Afghanistan targeting and killing al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, who was sheltering in a safe house in

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Killing_of_Ayman_al-Zawahiri
On July 31, 2022, Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of the Salafi jihadist group al-Qaeda, was killed by a United States drone strike in Kabul, Afghanistan. Al-Zawahiri was one of the planners of the September 11 attacks against the United States.He succeeded Osama bin Laden as leader of al-Qaeda after bin Laden was killed by U.S. forces in Pakistan on 2 May 2011.

https://apnews.com/article/ayman-al-zawahri-al-qaida-terrorism-biden-36e5f10256c9bc9972b252849eda91f2
Published 6:56 AM PDT, August 2, 2022. WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden announced Monday that al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri was killed in a U.S. drone strike in Kabul, an operation he said delivered justice and hopefully "one more measure of closure" to families of the victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks on the United States.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/01/politics/ayman-al-zawahiri-death-white-house-joe-biden/index.html
Before he gave the order to kill Ayman al-Zawahiri, President Joe Biden wanted to intimately understand where the al Qaeda leader was hiding.. The US drone strike that killed Zawahiri on his

https://www.defense.gov/News/News-Stories/Article/Article/3114362/us-drone-strike-kills-al-qaida-leader-in-kabul/
Ayman al-Zawahiri, one of the perpetrators of the 9/11 attacks that killed almost 3,000 people in New York, at the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania, was killed by U.S. drone missiles in Afghanistan's

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/02/world/asia/al-qaeda-al-zawahri-killing.html
The United States announced on Monday that it had killed Ayman al-Zawahri in a drone strike in Afghanistan, ­ending a 21-year manhunt for the terrorist leader, who was instrumental in the attacks

https://www.npr.org/2022/08/01/1115035763/al-zawahiri-killed-biden-raid-afghanistan
Top al-Qaida leader and key 9/11 plotter Ayman al-Zawahiri was killed by a drone strike carried out by the U.S. on July 30, according to President Joe Biden. "For decades he was the mastermind

https://www.reuters.com/world/cia-carried-out-drone-strike-afghanistan-us-officials-say-2022-08-01/
The United States killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri with a drone missile while he stood on a balcony at his home in Kabul, U.S. officials said, the biggest blow to the militants since Osama

https://www.nytimes.com/2022/08/01/us/politics/al-qaeda-strike-afghanistan.html
Aug. 1, 2022. WASHINGTON — An American drone strike killed Ayman al-Zawahri, a key plotter of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks who took over as the leader of Al Qaeda after Osama bin Laden

https://apnews.com/article/hellfire-r9x-al-zawahri-d0d25b7ed4059750b4add024322fe17c
Last weekend, the U.S. did just that — killing al-Qaida leader Ayman al-Zawahri with a CIA drone strike. Other high-profile airstrikes in the past had inadvertently killed innocent civilians. In this case, the U.S. carefully chose to use a type of Hellfire missile that greatly minimized the chance of other casualties.

https://www.amarujala.com/jammu-and-kashmir/kathua
Kathua Encounter: कठुआ में मुठभेड़, दूसरा आतंकी भी ढेर,

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Indian_Army_operations_in_Jammu_and_Kashmir
Operation Sarp Vinash (Snake Destroyer) was an operation undertaken by Indian army to flush out terrorists who made bases in the Hilkaka Poonch - Surankot area of the Pir Panjal range in Jammu and Kashmir during April-May 2003. [49] 64 terrorists belonging to various jihadist outfits were killed in operation.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(state)
Jammu and Kashmir was a region formerly administered by India as a state from 1952 to 2019, constituting the southern and southeastern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India, Pakistan and China since the mid-20th century. The underlying region of this state were parts of the former princely state of Jammu and Kashmir, whose western districts

https://www.britannica.com/place/Jammu-and-Kashmir
Jammu and Kashmir is a union territory of India (until October 31, 2019, a state), located in the northern part of the Indian subcontinent centered on the plains around Jammu to the south and the Vale of Kashmir to the north. It is part of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of dispute between India, Pakistan, and China since the 1947 partition of the subcontinent.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jammu_and_Kashmir_(union_territory)
Jammu and Kashmir is a region administered by India as a union territory and consists of the southern portion of the larger Kashmir region, which has been the subject of a dispute between India and Pakistan since 1947 and between India and China since 1959. The Line of Control separates Jammu and Kashmir from the Pakistani-administered territories of Azad Kashmir and Gilgit-Baltistan in the

https://kathua.nic.in/about-district/geography/
Geography. Kathua District is situated at 320 17′ to 320 55′ North Latitude and 750 70′ to 760 16′ East longitude. The District is surrounded by Punjab in the South-East, Himachal Pradesh in North-East, District Doda and Udhampur in North and North-West, Jammu in the West and Pakistan in the South-West. It has an area of 2651 Sq Kms.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kathua
Kathua is a city and municipal council of the Jammu division of Indian-administered Jammu and Kashmir in the disputed Kashmir region. The city is the headquarters of Kathua district and is divided into 27 wards which constitute the Kathua Municipal Council.It is situated along NH-44 The city has a bustling industrial area and an army cantonment adjoining it. . Being a transit hub for