No information about al-Zawahiri: Afghan envoy

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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