US President Joe Biden . File photoWASHINGTON, Aug 2U.S. President Joe Biden, following the assassination of al-Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, publicly vowed to prevent Afghanistan from becoming a terrorist haven again.» February, our armed forces carried out a decisive operation in Syria, which led to the destruction of the leader of IS * Now we have destroyed the leader of Al-Qaeda * Now he will never be able to make Afghanistan again become a «safe haven» for terrorists, because he is dead. And we intend to do everything possible to ensure that nothing (like this) happens,» Biden said during a speech on the operation to destroy al-Zawahiri. According to the head of state, this operation marked a «success in every way». The terrorist was discovered by US intelligence in Kabul earlier this year, the US president said. al-Zawahiri was destroyed on July 30 Washington time (on the morning of July 31 Kabul time) by two Hellfire missiles that were fired from a drone. For a long time, the militant was the deputy of «terrorist number one» Osama bin Laden, and after his elimination in 2011, he took control of the group.* A terrorist organization banned in Russia.
The United States uses Al-Qaeda* and Taliban** for their own purposes, Patrushev said
