In a press release, ISAF reported that Subhan helped facilitate the movement of Al-Qaeda fighters into Afghanistan.

March 19 - US war in Afghanistan: Operation Anaconda ends after killing 500 Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters, with 11 allied troop fatalities.

On March 16, 2004, the Army made first contact with the Taliban forces and Al-Qaeda fighters around the South Waziristan's small village of Wana.

Sporadic fighting continued as the infantry units began to pursue the Al-Qaeda fighters.

Soon, all the strategic mountain posts were evacuated by the Al-Qaeda fighters as the infantry troops had reached at the top of the mountains.

With the arrival of the mountain troops, the Army intensified pressure on Al-Qaeda fighters to surrender.

A week later, the Pakistani Army captured the entire mountainous area along with hundreds of Al-Qaeda fighters.

With the move, the Marines and coalition forces were able to continue with new missions and build a prison camp that housed numerous Taliban and Al-Qaeda fighters.

In the days following the attack, the military conducted air-strikes against militant positions around Zinjibar which they claimed killed 42 Al-Qaeda fighters.

According to government sources and western diplomats, the Al-Qaeda fighters in the mosque sought martyrdom instead.