**ADVANCE FOR MONDAY, JAN. 18** In this Aug. 22, 1998 photo, Jalaluddin Haqqani, then Taliban Army Supreme Commander, talks to reporters in Miram Shah, Waziristan, Pakistan. In the town of Mir Ali, al-Qaida regrouped after the U.S. and its allies ousted the Afghan Taliban regime in 2001. The capital Miram Shah once served as the headquarters of one of the deadliest Afghan Taliban groups, led by Jalaluddin Haqqani. (AP Photo/Mohhammad Riaz, File)