Who was al-Zawahiri, al-Qaeda chief killed in US drone strike?
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The United States has killed al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri in a drone strike—carried out by the Central Intelligence Agency—in Kabul on Sunday. The 71-year-old slain al-Qaeda boss helped coordinate the September 11, 2001, attacks in the US, after which he had been on the run for 20 years with a $25 million bounty on his head. Al-Zawahiri was born in Giza, Egypt, on June 19, 1951. He had studied medicine to become a surgeon.