What influence does the Al-Qaeda organization still have today?

After Ayman Al-Zawahiri, leader of Al-Qaeda, was killed by the United States, journalist Maryse Burgot explains on Tuesday August 2 that the organization can still be active. “The head of the organization is certainly decapitated, it is weakened, but it is still alive. Firstly because Al-Qaeda has spread all over the world, with allegiances, franchises, small groups in many countries: Afghanistan, but also Syria, Iraq or Somalia”she explains.

A recent United Nations report indicates that the terrorist organization still intends to be the spearhead of jihad in the world. “Perhaps most disturbing is the fact that Al-Zawahiri was actually living quietly in Kabul, protected by the Taliban.”, continues the journalist. It is even this protection by the Afghan power that would have made him lower his guard and would have allowed the United States to kill him.