 The Pakistan government arrested al-Libbi and held him on charges in relation to being a chief planner in two assassination attempts on the life of President Pervez Musharraf in December 2003.On 13 January 2006, the United States Air Force launched an airstrike on the village of Damadola.The attack occurred in the Bajaur tribal area, about from the Afghan border, and killed at least 18 people.