The Life and Death of Emir al Zawahiri

<p class="x_MsoNormal">Ayman al Zawahiri, emir of Al Qaeda, is no more. He was reportedly on the balcony of what he thought was a “safe house” in one of Kabul’s more upscale neighborhoods when two missiles fired by the CIA from a Hellfire drone ended his life — almost 21 years after the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, and almost one year after the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan and capitulation to the Taliban.</p> <p class="x_MsoNormal">To discuss Zawahiri's career and killing and what's next for Al Qaeda, the Taliban, Afghanistan, and the global jihad, <a href='https://www.fdd.org/category/analysis/podcasts/foreign-podicy/'>Foreign Podicy</a> host <a href='https://www.fdd.org/team/clifford-d-may/'>Cliff May</a> is joined by FDD senior fellow and editor of <a href='https://www.fdd.org/projects/long-war-journal/'>FDD’s Long War Journal</a> <a href='https://www.fdd.org/team/bill-roggio/'>Bill Roggio</a> and senior director of <a href='https://www.fdd.org/projects/center-on-military-and-political-power/'>FDD’s Center on Military and Political Power (CMPP)</a> <a href='https://www.fdd.org/team/bradley-bowman/'>Bradley Bowman</a>.</p> <p> </p>