Picture bore striking similarities to 1 May 2011 image, when US special forces killed Osama bin Laden
The White House on Tuesday released a picture of Joe Biden being briefed on the CIA drone strike which killed Ayman al-Zawahiri, the leader of al-Qaida and a chief planner of the 9/11 attacks, in Kabul last weekend.
The move came amid widespread celebration of the killing in the US and the apparently successful attack provides a welcome fillip to Biden, whose popularity has plunged during 2022 as the nation gears up for the crucial midterm election in November.