WASHINGTON: Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri's presence in Kabul was a "clear violation" of the 2020 agreement the Taliban signed with Washington in which they promised not to allow Afghanistan to become a haven for international jihad, a US official said Monday.
"We expect them to abide by the terms of the Doha agreement. And the presence of Zawahiri in downtown Kabul was a clear violation of that," the senior administration official said, as President Joe Biden announced that Zawahiri had been killed by a drone strike in the Afghan capital on Saturday.
"Going forward with the Taliban we'll continue to hold them accountable."