It was a nasty fire fight at close quarters....the attackers really want whomever was in that house.
Pakistan army 'just miss' Zawahiri
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Rehman Malik, the adviser to Pakistan's prime minister on security affairs, said on Monday they also received a report al-Zawahiri's wife had been in the tribal region of Mohmand. Pakistani forces stormed the location but did not find the couple, he said, without indicating when the raid took place.
Pretty good bet, see links in post #18. But there are also a couple of the folks who were among the first to go into Afghanistan waaaay back in late 2001, as well as some *civilians* who speak pretty good Pashtun Mahsit dialect.
Or, maybe it was just some bikers there for the local pool tournament....