Zawahiri felt safe enough to move not only back into afghanistan, but into a safe house on the edge of kabul. Most officials think that his successor is a man called sef al adel. He's a former egyptian commander who played an absolutely critical role in some of the key alcide operations over 20 years.
For decades Ayman al-Zawahiri was the chief ideologue of the terrorist group. We ask what his death in Afghanistan means for the broader jihadist movement. A vote on abortion in Kansas today is a sharp test of the electorate following the gutting of Roe v Wade. And remembering Diana Kennedy, an indefatigable food writer and champion of Mexican cuisine.
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