After the fall of the Taliban regime many members of the Taliban resistance fled to the Northern border region of Afghanistan and Pakistan where the Pakistani army had previously little control. With the logistics and air support of the United States, the Pakistani Army captured or killed numerous al-Qaeda operatives such as Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, wanted for his involvement in the USS Cole bombing, Oplan Bojinka plot and the killing of Wall Street Journal reporter Daniel Pearl.
However, the Taliban resistance still operates in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas under the control of Haji Omar. United States has carried out a campaign of Drone attacks on targets all over Federally Administered Tribal Areas
