397285 02: UNDATED PHOTO Osama bin Laden (L) sits with his adviser Ayman al-Zawahiri, an Egyptian linked to the al Qaeda network, during an interview with Pakistani journalist Hamid Mir at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan. In the article, which was published November 10, 2001 in Karachi, bin Laden said he had nuclear and chemical weapons and might use them in response to U.S. attacks. (Photo by Visual News/Getty Images)
  • A U.S. airstrike killed Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Afghanistan.
  • Zawahiri was the FBI’s most-wanted terrorist. He was Osama bin Laden’s top lieutenant and is believed to have been the “operational brains” behind the 9/11 attacks.
  • Zawahiri was killed from the balcony of his home in Kabul by a precision missile that killed him without hurting his wive and daughter inside.