He's not dead, neither is Zahahiri whatever.
They are alive and well. This question is a serious one.s
Why's he still around? What governments are protecting them?
They're out there, living it up.
We don't need this article to know the answers to these questions.
Let's just say perhaps a government that does not exercise significant authority in a large chunk of its own country. Or within a large chunk of its own military and intelligence services.
Where terrorists can attend training camps in suburbs of the capital.
And that has nukes.