President Joe Biden ordering the killing of al Qaeda leader Ayman al Zawahiri, the government’s most wanted man, last weekend in a downtown Kabul drone strike almost one year after the United States withdrew from Afghanistan has restarted the debate over the 20-year war’s end.
As critics complain Biden has been weak abroad, the demonstration of strength as commander in chief coincides with expected first-anniversary scrutiny of the U.S. military and intelligence capabilities in Afghanistan without having troops present.
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Biden and White House aides have underscored the success of “over the horizon” intelligence collection and operationalization in the precision strike that killed Zawahiri, referring to Islamic State chief Maher
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