New Delhi April 25 (IANS) Afghan Ambassador to India Shaida Abdali on Tuesday said that he has no information about the reported presence of Al Qaeda leader Ayman al-Zawahiri in Pakistan.
I have no information in this regard Abdali said in response to a question after delivering an address on Strengthening India-Afghanistan Strategic Relations in an Uncertain World organised by the think tank Brookings India.
Newsweek magazine reported that al-Zawahiri is living under the protection of Pakistan s Inter Services Intelligence in the port city of Karachi after surviving a drone strike at a remote area near the border with Afghanistan.
Al-Zawahiri an Egypt-born and trained surgeon has been protected by the ISI since US forces evicted Al Qaeda from Afghanistan in late 2001 the report quoted sources as saying.
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No information about al-Zawahiri: Afghan envoy
