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Pakistan’s Push in Border Areas Is Said to Falter

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Posted on Jan 22, 2006
Images from a video CD produced by Al Qaeda are said to show Arab commanders training Afghan militants in Kunar province, Afghanistan
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Images from a video CD produced by Al Qaeda are said to show Arab commanders training Afghan militants in Kunar province, Afghanistan

NYT: PESHAWAR, Pakistan - Two years after the Pakistani Army began operations in border tribal areas to root out members of Al Qaeda and other foreign militants, Pakistani officials who know the area say the military campaign is bogged down, the local political administration is powerless and the militants are stronger than ever. | story

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