444:, and other tribal leaders negotiated a peaceful hand-over of power from the Taliban to a caretaker government. Under its terms, Khalis would take temporary control of the city until the formation of a newly appointed U.S.-backed government. He, of course, made certain that the Eastern Shura, as the government is called, was stacked with men who owed their loyalty to him.
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243:appointed Zaman Deputy Chief of Police for
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827:History of Nangarhar Province
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99:Close ties to the family of
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187:A local leader of an anti-
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832:History of Khost Province
280:to escape from Tora Bora.
276:Reported to have allowed
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169:Reported to have allowed
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653:San Francisco Chronicle
588:The third arrived from
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212:Mohammad Yunus Khalis
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817:2000s in Afghanistan
381:on December 21, 2001
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738:on January 31, 2013
731:The Washington Post
704:St Petersburg Times
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420:"Lost at Tora Bora"
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143:, a small town, in
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88:Former governor of
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611:. December 9, 2001
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516:on March 4, 2016.
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789:Haji Kornai
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310:Hayat Ullah
201:Hazrati Ali
105:Afghanistan
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785:Said Jalal
774:2010-05-12
742:2010-05-12
710:2008-05-20
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375:Asia Times
353:References
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133:Hazrat Ali
793:Jalalabad
392:Nangarhar
331:Tora Bora
216:Jalalabad
205:Towr Kham
181:Ezatullah
164:Tora Bora
141:Towr Kham
139:Based in
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440:'s son,
158:and the
156:Al-Qaeda
149:Pakistan
44:al Qaeda
781:Noorgal
396:Laghman
338:Noorgal
209:Mawlawi
189:Taliban
160:Taliban
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438:Khalis
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285:France
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