Al Qaeda leader, Ayman al-Zawahri

Afghanistan International: Afghanistan International has obtained the names of Taliban officials involved in transporting and sheltering Ayman al-Zawahiri, the former leader of al-Qaeda, in Kabul. According to the information, Ayman al-Zawahiri was brought to Kabul by Qari Khalid Hikmat, a native of Kandahar and the head of the 08 department of the Directorate General of Intelligence (GDI), the main Taliban intelligence agency Following the publication of a report by the Emirati news outlet Al Akhbar, Afghanistan International continued investigating the case of the al-Qaeda leader’s death. Sources told Afghanistan International that Khalid had travelled from Kabul to Quetta city in Baluchistan province of Pakistan to relocate his family to Afghanistan. In Quetta, he was informed that al-Zawahiri was ill and required urgent medical attention. Khalid left Quetta without his family and went to the remote district of Baghran in Helmand province. Click here to read more (external link).