The Taliban, the Islamist group in Afghanistan, issued a statement on the 4th that it had no information about his stay in Afghanistan after the United States announced that the leader of the international terrorist organization Al Qaeda had been killed in Afghanistan.
It seems that there is an aim to dodge the criticism that the leader was hiding.
The US government announced on the 1st of this month that Ayman Zawahiri, the leader of the international terrorist organization Al-Qaeda, who is said to have been deeply involved in the 9/11 terrorist attacks, was killed at his hiding place in Kabul, the capital of Afghanistan. did.
The Islamist Taliban, which governs Afghanistan, issued a statement on the afternoon of the 4th, claiming that Zawahiri ``has no information on his arrival or stay in Kabul,'' and indicated a policy to investigate. .
He also accused the United States of killing Zawahiri with a drone, saying that "the United States has invaded our territory."
A senior US White House official has accused the Taliban of hiding Zawahiri.
The Taliban appears to be trying to dodge criticism from the United States.