Ayub Kheyl (Persian: أيوب خيل) (Ab Khail) is a small village 11 km (7 miles) outside Khost, Afghanistan. It was the site on July 27, 2002, of a firefight by US soldiers, assisted by Afghan militia, against militants in the village. After the fight, the Americans captured the wounded 15-year-old Omar Khadr, who they learned was a Canadian citizen.[1] He was among the youngest persons detained at Guantanamo Bay detention camp and the last Western citizen held there.
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The village was known among the Afghanis for its Pashtun residents, who were conservative and considered closely tied to the Taliban.[1]
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edit- ^ a b Scott Baldauf (2002-07-29). "Firefight shows strong Al Qaeda persistence". The Christian Science Monitor. Retrieved 2009-06-27.
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