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- ↑ "A Closer Look at the Chingai Airstrike in Bajaur, Pakistan". Long war journal. 30 October 2006. Retrieved 30 October 2016.
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- ↑ "MNA resigns in protest against air strike". DAWN. 2006-10-30. Retrieved 2006-10-31.
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