The Taliban has said it has yet to find the body of the former al-Qaeda chief, al-Zawahiri. However, their investigation is on.

Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday, August 25, 2022 that the Taliban has yet to find the body of al-Zawahiri.

"Investigation in this matter is going on and still not completed," he told reporters. Whatever information is available about this will be revealed only after the investigation is completed.

"Everything was destroyed where the attack took place, no bodies were found," a Taliban official spokesman said.

American claimed

On July 31, 2022, the US claimed to have killed al-Zawahiri in a drone strike in the Afghan capital, Kabul.

The US Central Intelligence Agency had conducted an anti-terrorist operation. The death of Zawahiri was confirmed by US President Joe Biden himself.

Biden said, "Zawahiri's hands were painted with the murder of American citizens, now the people have got justice and this terrorist leader is no longer alive."

Officials say Zawahiri was in the balcony of a safe house when two missiles were fired from the drone.

Taliban officials said after the US claim that the drone attack had happened, but the house was empty at the time of the attack. Taliban officials said the drone attack took place on an empty house.

A Taliban leader told Reuters news agency they did not confirm the US claim of Zawahiri's presence at the time of the attack.

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