ating ▁from ▁the ▁area . ▁ ▁As ▁requested ▁by ▁the ▁the ater ▁commander , ▁additional ▁army ▁inf antry , ▁combat ▁engineering ▁and ▁Mountain ▁troops ▁were ▁r ushed ▁to ▁help ▁the ▁remaining ▁fighting ▁troops . ▁The ▁battle ▁ended ▁soon ▁after ▁as ▁rein for c ements ▁arrived ▁and ▁took ▁their ▁positions . ▁With ▁the ▁arrival ▁of ▁the ▁additional ▁mountain ▁troops , ▁the ▁army ▁intens ified ▁its ▁search ▁for ▁remaining ▁al - Q a eda ▁f igh ters . ▁A ▁week ▁later , ▁the ▁Pakistan ▁Army ▁captured ▁the ▁entire ▁mountain ous ▁area ▁along ▁with ▁hundreds ▁of ▁al - Q a eda ▁f igh ters . ▁ ▁After math ▁T unn els ▁were ▁discovered ▁at ▁the ▁site ▁of ▁the ▁battle ▁that ▁led ▁into ▁Afghan istan , ▁possibly ▁the ▁T ora ▁B ora ▁region . ▁ ▁The ▁military ▁cons olid ated ▁its ▁position ▁in ▁the ▁area . ▁On ▁ 2 0 ▁March ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁I SI ' s ▁C AD ▁and ▁Military ▁Int elligence , ▁and ▁a ▁unit ▁of ▁troops ▁reported ly ▁saw ▁a ▁myster ious ▁" fore igner " ▁fle eing ▁the ▁sie ge , ▁the ▁Military ▁Int elligence ▁the or ized ▁that ▁it ▁may ▁have ▁been ▁A yman ▁al - Z aw ah iri , ▁since ▁U z bek ▁milit ant ▁T oh ir ▁Y uld as he v ▁had ▁earlier ▁escaped ▁to ▁Afghan istan ▁while ▁injured ▁in ▁a ▁battle . ▁ ▁By ▁ 2 3 ▁March ▁ 2 3 , ▁ 2 0 0 4 , ▁the ▁last ▁fort ified