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...diplomat explains. It was only after Karzai and Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf spoke on the telephone last Thursday--prompted by U.S. pressure, say diplomats--that the border crisis was defused. According to sources in Kabul and Islamabad, military operations against suspected al-Qaeda hideouts have resumed. --By Tim McGirk...
...Washington fears that he may still have enough freedom to be able to shop Pakistan's nuclear secrets to other clients. Says a Washington official: "He moves around very freely and has everything he needs inside his head, if not his briefcase." --By Tim Burger and Tim McGirk...
...troops. In early March, American soldiers chased suspected Taliban and al-Qaeda fighters across the border and met resistance from the Pakistani Frontier Corps. After one Pakistani militiaman was shot dead, the U.S. troops were ordered back to Afghanistan, according to an Islamabad antiterrorist official. --By Tim McGirk...
...troops. In early March, American soldiers chased suspected Taliban and al - Qaeda fighters across the border and met resistance from the Pakistani Frontier Corps. After one Pakistani militiaman was shot dead, the U.S. troops were ordered back to Afghanistan, according to an Islamabad antiterrorist official.- By Tim McGirk Dire Straight THE MEDITERRANEAN As terror concerns increased with the hostilities in Iraq, the 13-km-wide Strait of Gibraltar south of Spain got a new security system. NATO began quietly escorting allied civilian ships through the Strait to prevent a repeat of the attack on the U.S.S. Cole in October...
...close aide of Omar's, tells TIME the fugitive Taliban leader is "alive, and starting to communicate by messengers with his fighters." If true, this is the first sign that Omar may be trying to regain control over his scattered fighters, most of whom fled to Pakistan. --By Tim McGirk...