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Amin al-Haq, once a top Laden aide, returns to Afghanistan

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Amin al-Haq, a top al-Qaeda member and a former aide of Osama bin Laden, is believed to have returned to his native Nangarhar province in the east of Afghanistan. A viral video shows people gathering to greet him and take selfies with him at a checkpoint there. Al-Haq was the security coordinator of the Black Guard, an elite unit tasked with protecting Laden, one of the founders of al-Qaeda.