Afghanistan President Hamid Karzai names al-Qaeda number two Ayman al-Zawahiri as his country's main that must be neutralized or captured for having “brought massive suffering to the Afghan people.” Karzai said “Zawahiri is one of those people that we're looking for in Afghanistan to capture.” Al Zawahiri had released a video on the Internet calling on Afghans to target foreign forces in Afghanistan.

Karzai elaborated saying that “He’s first the enemy of Afghanistan, then the enemy of the rest of the world... first he killed Afghans for years then he went to America and destroyed the twin towers. So whether America wants him or not... we in Afghanistan want him arrested and put before justice.”

Al-Zawahiri is believed to be hiding out in remote areas of Pakistan or Afghanistan. In a video published on the Internet, he said “I urge the Muslims of Kabul in particular and across Afghanistan in general to fight the invaders... to join forces with the Mujahideen to chase out the invaders and liberate Afghanistan.” Al-Zawahiri accused the US wanton violence as "new evidence of the crimes perpetrated by American forces against the Afghan people."