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CIA picked up electronic shipping suggesting that bin Laden and his bodyguards had sought temporary seek in Zhob, which is dominated not later than Pathan and Baloch tribesmen sympathetic to al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
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His death at Zhob at the hands of Pak security forces was a loss for CIA.
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See Zhob District Gazetteer, pp. 165 β 6, for Ghalzi Pashtun nomads as excavators of qanats or underground irrigation channels, and Balland, p. 209 (footnote), quoting another source about the class of nomads who entered the subcontinent for seasonal labor opportunities such as "stone-breaking, road-making, clearing jungle (butimari), and any sort of job where energy and strength are more necessary than professional skills."
Connecting Histories in Afghanistan: Market Relations and State Formation on a Colonial Frontier 2008
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His death at Zhob at the hands of Pak security forces was a loss for CIA.
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In nearby Zhob, the British received support from friendly Pashtun tribes engaged in a feud with what they called the "hostiles," and -- a modern touch -- "aeroplanes" weighed in as well.
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The next day we drive toward Zhob, a Taliban stronghold near the border.
Pakistan's Phantom Border Giovanni, Janine di 2008
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βIs Osama Bin Laden absent from Zhob, Pakistan?β and you get a positive finding.
Washington Post: Stem Cell Debacle Spurs Calls for Improved Oversight « Climate Audit 2005
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Obviously finding that Osama is not in Zhob, Pakistan, a negative result, is not so valuable.
Washington Post: Stem Cell Debacle Spurs Calls for Improved Oversight « Climate Audit 2005
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Now if we had it down to a few places, striking Zhob off the list might be a big deal.
Washington Post: Stem Cell Debacle Spurs Calls for Improved Oversight « Climate Audit 2005
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At the latter end of this year, and in the early part of 1891, it was found necessary to undertake three small expeditions: one to Zhob, under the leadership of Sir George White, for the protection of our newly-acquired subjects in that valley; one on the Kohat border, commanded by Sir William Lockhart, to punish the people of the
Forty-one years in India From Subaltern To Commander-In-Chief Frederick Sleigh Roberts
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