Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Battle of Wana was a military engagement between Pakistan Army and the foreign fighters of al-Qaeda led by Osama Bin Laden. The battle was among one of the bloodiest battle fought by the Pakistan Army, and it ended violently with 49 mountain troop soldiers dead. Hence, it was the first battle that was fought between Pakistani mountaineering troops, paramilitary operatives and foreign fighters affiliated with al-Qaeda which led to start the War in North West-Pakistan. In March 2004, heavy and bloody fighting broke out at Azam Warsak, near the South Waziristan town of Wana, where army troops and intelligence paramilitary soldiers faced an estimated ~500 al-Qaeda foreign fighters holed up in several fortified settlements.It was speculated at the time that Osama bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri was among those trapped by the Pakistan Army, but he either escaped or was never among these fighters. After week of fighting, the ISPR admitted that it was actually Tohir Yoldeshev who was hiding.. }
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- Battle_of_Wana abstract "The Battle of Wana was a military engagement between Pakistan Army and the foreign fighters of al-Qaeda led by Osama Bin Laden. The battle was among one of the bloodiest battle fought by the Pakistan Army, and it ended violently with 49 mountain troop soldiers dead. Hence, it was the first battle that was fought between Pakistani mountaineering troops, paramilitary operatives and foreign fighters affiliated with al-Qaeda which led to start the War in North West-Pakistan. In March 2004, heavy and bloody fighting broke out at Azam Warsak, near the South Waziristan town of Wana, where army troops and intelligence paramilitary soldiers faced an estimated ~500 al-Qaeda foreign fighters holed up in several fortified settlements.It was speculated at the time that Osama bin Laden's deputy Ayman al-Zawahiri was among those trapped by the Pakistan Army, but he either escaped or was never among these fighters. After week of fighting, the ISPR admitted that it was actually Tohir Yoldeshev who was hiding.".