The Coordinator for Strategic Communications at the National Security Council in the White House, John Kirby stated that the dreaded Haqqani network terror outfit was aware of the al-Qaeda chief's presence in Kabul.
Top leaders of Afghanistan's Taliban were holding discussions on Wednesday about how to respond to a U.S. drone strike in Kabul that the United States said killed al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri, three sources in the group said.
On 2 August, the US killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in Afghanistan, using a Hellfire R9X missile fired by a drone. It does not use any explosive warhead, and hence causes minimum collateral damage. Mint explains the use of stealth attacks.