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Zhawar Kili training camp

Afghanistan, 1998
The U.S. released images from what it called Operation Infinite Reach, including this image of an Al Qaeda training camp at Zhawar Kili in Afghanistan that was later bombed. This release, which also included the image of a suspected biological warfare production plant at Shifa, Sudan (see introduction), was the first official release of previously classified satellite imagery by the U.S. government.

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