Pakistan Seizes Insurgent Stronghold on Afghan Border Pakistani forces have seized a key al Qaeda and Taliban stronghold along the border with Afghanistan that once served as a hideout for Ayman al Zawahiri, second-in-command to Osama bin Laden. The capture of Damadola, a district in the Bajaur tribal region, is a major success in Pakistan’s [...]
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