Ayman Zawahiri, the current leader of al-Qaeda, has been killed in a drone strike in Afghanistan, according to US media reports.
The White House said that President Biden will give a speech on the success of the anti-terrorist operation from 8:30 am Japan time, and it is believed that the president himself will announce it on this occasion.
Zawahiri became a leader after Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the 9/11 terrorist attacks in the United States, was killed in 2011, and was believed to be hiding in the border area between Afghanistan and Pakistan.