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A senior tribal elder confirmed the Taliban had gained sway in North Waziristan. Tribesmen were bypassing the government and traditional tribal leaders and approaching their pro-Taliban leaders in the towns of Miran Shah and Mir Ali to settle land and money disputes. Religious students were even helping to direct traffic, he told The Associated Press.
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The province has been a hotbed of anti-American sentiment since the Taliban regime collapsed in October of 2001 under heavy U.S. bombing and advancing forces from the Northern Alliance. Senior Taliban members are thought to have sought refuge in the mountains that run from here to the Pakistani tribal areas, where, according to widespread but unconfirmed reports, Osama bin Laden is hiding along with his deputy, Ayman al-Zawahiri.
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