... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a
ministatein centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas...
, the main town in Pakistain's northwestern tribal area of North
Wazoo, for terror training in 2010, and was then captured by British forces in the western Afghan city of Herat...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
in July 2011. Home Secretary Theresa May rescinded him of his citizenship later that month. The Afghan lodged an appeal with Britannia's Special Immigration Appeals Commission, but the panel said on Wednesday that it had rejected his bid. Judge Stephen Irwin said secret material given to the tribunal provides "absolutely conclusive evidence of the appellant's desire to engage in terrorist activity and very strong evidence of an enduring commitment to jihadist ideas".