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Pakistan: U.S. not hunting bin Laden on its turf
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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NEW YORK - Pakistan's top diplomat said Saturday there are no U.S. or other foreign military personnel on the hunt for Osama bin Laden in his nation, and none will be allowed in to search for the al-Qaida leader. (article 3)
On Saturday, Pakistan's army spokesman stuck to earlier statements implying that foreign or Afghan forces fired mortar rounds he said wounded eight Pakistani security forces and two civilians. (article 5)
Kabul has never recognized the line as an international border, instead claiming the Pashtun territories in Pakistan that comprise the Federally Administered Tribal Lands (FATA) and parts of North West Frontier Province along the border. (article 4)
India and Pakistan have fought four wars against each other and came very close to a fifth after the terrorist attack on the Indian parliament in December 2001. (article 6)
WASHINGTON - American military and intelligence officials say there has been an increase in recent months in the number of foreign fighters who have traveled to Pakistan s tribal areas to join with militants there. (article 1)
American intelligence officials say that some jihadist Web sites have been encouraging foreign militants to go to Pakistan and Afghanistan, which is considered a " winning fight compared with the insurgency in Iraq, which has suffered sharp setbacks recently. (article 1)
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Source articles
- Militant Gains in Pakistan Said to Draw Fighters (nytimes.com, 07/10/2008, 862 words)
- Pakistan protests to U.S. over Afghan border (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 423 words)
- Pakistan: U.S. not hunting bin Laden on its turf (msnbc.msn.com, 07/12/2008, 468 words)
- The Troubled Afghan-Pakistani Border (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 250 words)
- NATO: Militants sparked border clash (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 406 words)
- Pakistan's Tremors Worry India (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 163 words)
- Pakistan's Institutions and Civil Society (Washington Post, 07/12/2008, 837 words)
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