Al-Qaida

A State Department report says the department failed to do enough contingency planning before the collapse of the U.S.-backed government in Afghanistan.
Ayman al-Zawahri, who has led al-Qaida since Osama bin Laden's death in 2011, has been killed in a U.S. military operation.
Ayman al-Zawahri, rumored to have died months ago, praised al-Qaida attacks including one back in January. He did not mention the Taliban’s recent takeover of Afghanistan.