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Washington - Rana Abtar

Republicans Accuse Biden of Lying over Qaeda in Afghanistan

US President Joe Biden meets with his national security team to discuss the counterterrorism operation to take out Ayman al-Zawahiri (AP)

The killing of Al-Qaeda leader Ayman Al-Zawahiri in a CIA drone strike in Afghanistan raised questions from Republican representatives who are already upset with the US withdrawal from Kabul, which fell to the Taliban a year ago.

Joe Biden's announcement that the US had successfully killed the al-Qaeda leader was praised by both Republican and Democratic lawmakers. However, Republican representatives shed lights on the issue of Al-Zawahiri’s presence in Kabul and on the close relationship that still links the Taliban movement to al-Qaeda.

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