The Al-Qaeda mastermind behind one of the world's deadliest terror plots spent his final days living the high life in a luxurious Kabul suburb before being blasted off his balcony by two CIA "ninja" missiles.
Osama bin Laden's co-conspirator Ayman al-Zawahiri spent much of his life living covertly in Afghanistan's rugged and unforgiving mountains after becoming one of America's most wanted men for his role in planning the devastating 9/11 attacks.
But in his final months, he was confined to an upscale neighbourhood of Kabul where some of the Taliban's most senior leadership also reside.
