Source: Associated Press
JALALABAD, Afghanistan (AFP) — Afghan and Pakistani border guards exchanged fire in a row over a child caught smuggling flour, leaving an Afghan guard and a civilian wounded, officials said Sunday.
Saturday’s gunfight forced the closure of the Torkham border, the busiest between the neighbours, for about 90 minutes, a Pakistani official said.
The commander […]

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Source: AP
PESHAWAR— Nearly 40 trucks carrying fuel to U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan have been destroyed in two bomb attacks on the Pakistani border. Officials say about 100 people have been injured.
Local government official Muhammad Iqbal Khan said the blasts late Sunday were from two bombs planted in a parking lot on the Pakistani side of […]

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Source: Associated Press
By PAMELA HESS
WASHINGTON - The top two U.S. intelligence officials made a secret visit to Pakistan in early January to seek permission from President Pervez Musharraf for greater involvement of American forces in trying to ferret out al-Qaida and other militant groups active in the tribal regions along the Afghanistan border, a senior […]

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