Kabul (Web Desk): Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri has died in Afghanistan, claims Arab media, Arab News reported.
According to the media report, Zawahiri died in Ghazni due to asthma.
However, Al-Qaeda is yet to confirm the purported death of al-Zawahiri.
Al-Zawahiri had succeeded Osama Bin Laden as Al-Qaeda chief after he was killed in a US raid at his hideout in Abbottabad, Pakistan in May 2011.
Known to be a physician, al-Zawahiri was the founder of the Egyptian Islamic Jihad (EIJ).