The leader of al Qaeda Ayman Al-Zawahiri, successor of Osama bin Laden, died in Afghanistan, most likely of natural causes. The site Arab News Pakistan writes, claiming to have talked about it with "at least four security sources in Pakistan and Afghanistan", two of which have confirmed the death.
Zawahiri, an Egyptian, 69, "died last week in Ghazni," an Al-Qaeda translator who still enjoys close ties to the group told Arab News. "He died of asthma because he did not receive adequate treatment." A Pakistani security official from the tribal areas on the border with Afghanistan also reported that Zawahiri is dead.
"We believe he is no longer alive," he said, asking, like other sources, to remain anonymous. "We are sure that he died of natural causes." Two other sources also said they believed the al Qaeda leader was seriously ill and died, probably last month. But there is no other confirmation, neither from the terrorist group nor from Western intelligence.
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