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| Troops comb tribal areas for Al Qaeda men |
| 2002-06-19 |
| Pakistani troops are patrolling remote areas of the tribal regions of the Frontier province for the first time in the hunt for Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters crossing from Afghanistan. The army has set up checkpoints in the North and South Waziristan areas in a "historic first" operation, it said. "Such cooperation from tribal areas ... marks a historic first for Pakistan," Lt-Gen Ali Mohammad Jan Aurakzai told tribal elders, according to the statement. "Never before has the army penetrated these remote stretches ruled by tribal custom." Y'mean, this marks the first time the central government has actually asserted authority over this part of the country? In 50 years? Amazing. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |