Taliban says it has not found body of al Qaeda leader

A photo of Al Qaeda’s new leader, Egyptian Ayman al-Zawahiri, is seen in this still image taken from a video released on September 12, 2011. SITE Monitoring Service/Handout via REUTERS TV

KABUL — The Taliban has not found the body of Ayman al-Zawahiri and is continuing investigations, group spokesperson Zabihullah Mujahid said on Thursday, after the United States said it killed the al Qaeda leader in an airstrike in Kabul last month.

The United States killed Zawahiri with a missile fired from a drone while he stood on a balcony at his hideout in July, U.S. officials said, in the biggest blow to al Qaeda since U.S. Navy SEALS shot dead Osama bin Laden more than a decade ago.

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