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...many as 300 civilian deaths stunned U.S. counterterrorism officials. "Pretty cool," says one. "Once we knew who it was, and the locals could gin up the necessary operation, they took him down." Administration officials hailed the arrest as the most significant find since March, when U.S. and Pakistani forces captured Mohammed, al-Qaeda's military commander. Since then, responsibility for recruiting new al-Qaeda operatives and coordinating their activities had largely been turned over to Hambali, whose group, Jemaah Islamiah, originally strived to create a pan-Islamic state but instead has turned Southeast Asia into a terrorist haven...
...Taliban is attacking Afghans who collaborate with the Americans or the new government of President Hamid Karzai, particularly members of the security forces. These are the far-flung scouts of the new regime; by killing them, the Taliban hopes to leave the Americans "blinded," a Taliban recruit in the Pakistani border town of Chaman told TIME. Furthermore, a Taliban logistics officer tells TIME that the Taliban has established cells inside Afghanistan to carry out smaller-scale attacks, distribute propaganda and burn down schools. Afghan leaders want Pakistan to crack down on blatant Taliban activity in its tribal areas. U.S. officials...
...Leaders in both countries have realized that the political advantage of stoking anger against their neighbor is diminishing. So India and Pakistan remain in a tentative rapprochement, and Kashmir savors its best tourism season in years. Alas, the violence won't stop: many other militants, fearing abandonment by their Pakistani handlers, are hardening their stances. But Kashmir has seen rivers of blood before. Judging by last week, it is now witnessing a rarer outbreak of hope...
...pushed Pakistan for months to launch this operation. Military intelligence suggested that a dozen terrorists--possibly including bin Laden--might be holed up in the feisty Mohmand tribe's mountain stronghold, which straddles the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The plan was to have the Pakistanis sweep into the tribal area while U.S. troops sealed off the Afghan side, trapping the terrorists. Things went awry when Mohmand tribesmen and Afghan fighters supporting the U.S. forces attacked the Pakistani soldiers. The Pakistanis, unsurprisingly, shot back. All together a dozen were killed or injured, and the U.S. was left to referee...
...nations' animosity runs deep. Historical grievances about Pakistan's former sponsorship of the Taliban, and more recent ones over what Kabul claims are Pakistani incursions into its territory, played into the hostilities. A mob of Afghans furious about the alleged incursions trashed the Pakistani embassy in Kabul last week. Afghan President Hamid Karzai is vexed by the refuge Taliban leaders have found in Pakistan's northwestern provinces. "The Afghans are convinced that the Pakistanis know where these Taliban leaders are--but they won't catch them," a diplomat explains. It was only after Karzai and Pakistani leader Pervez Musharraf spoke...