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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Emma Graham-Harrison in Kabul

Hey, that’s my house: US aid worker realises Zawahiri villa is his old home

The view from Zawahiri's balcony.
The view from Zawahiri's balcony. Photograph: Dan Smock

The balcony in Kabul where the head of al-Qaida was killed was a spot Dan Smock knew well. It used to be his – when he worked in Afghanistan on a US government aid project – and the views were spectacular.

Smock enjoyed starting the day looking out at the Afghan capital, as did the world’s most wanted terrorist, from the villa they both called home, several years apart.

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