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A NATION CHALLENGED: THE FIGHTING; Afghan Battle Declared Over And Successful

The commander of American forces in the region said today that military operations in Afghanistan's Shah-i-Kot valley would probably cease by the end of the day. But in a sign that the United States...

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A NATION CHALLENGED: THE FIGHTING; 7 Men, Perhaps Fleeing U.S. Battle, Are...

Pakistani troops in the mountainous border area near the recent American battle in Afghanistan have arrested seven suspected Al Qaeda fighters, Pakistani officials said today. The report came as the...

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A NATION CHALLENGED: STRATEGY; U.S. MIGHT PURSUE QAEDA AND TALIBAN TO...

The commander of American forces here said today that they might cross the border into Pakistan to capture or kill Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters widely believed to have found sanctuary there. In an...

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A NATION CHALLENGED: AFGHANISTAN; Qaeda and Taliban May Ply Pakistan's Porous...

Along this desolate frontier said to be teeming with Al Qaeda and Taliban fighters, the border with Pakistan seems as elusive as the fugitives themselves. From sunrise to dusk, people cross the...

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A NATION CHALLENGED: AFGHANISTAN; U.S. Warns Of Bounties Posing Threat To...

Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters are offering bounties of up to $100,000 for the killing or capture of American soldiers and other Westerners, American officials said today. The rewards, offered on...

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A NATION CHALLENGED: CIVILIANS; Shattered Afghan Families Demand U.S....

Victims of the bombing in Afghanistan handed in petitions from 400 families to the American Embassy here today, part of a growing movement to demand compensation from the United States for the loss of...

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A NATION CHALLENGED: MANHUNT; Pakistanis Say U.S. Is Allowed In Border Area

American advisers have been granted permission to accompany Pakistani troops into tribal areas of Pakistan on raids of suspected Taliban and Al Qaeda hideouts, senior Pakistani officials said this...

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A NATION CHALLENGED: AFGHANISTAN; A Warlord Takes His Revenge on a City,...

Three months ago, when he was thwarted in an attempt to assume the governorship, the warlord Padshah Khan Zadran vowed he would return to this provincial capital and ''kill them all, men, women,...

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4 Militants Die in Clashes With Allies Near Pakistan

American and Australian troops killed four suspected Taliban or Al Qaeda fighters along the Afghan frontier in the past two days, military officials said today, as hundreds of allied troops under...

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U.S. Attack On Warlord Aims to Help Interim Leader

The Central Intelligence Agency, using a missile fired from an unmanned surveillance drone, tried on Monday to kill an Afghan factional leader who has vowed to topple the current government, Pentagon...

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Two Afghan Paths: Warlord or Professor

The warlord Padsha Khan Zadran is a beefy, gun-toting, illiterate man. Among other crimes, he is accused of killing 36 people in late April, randomly lobbing rockets into the city of Gardez in an act...

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G.I.'s Mistakenly Attack Friendly Afghan Soldiers, Killing 3

American Special Forces troops mistakenly fired on a group of friendly Afghan soldiers in a predawn firefight today in eastern Afghanistan, killing three men and wounding two other people they mistook...

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U.S. TROOPS FOCUS ON BORDER'S CAVES TO SEEK BIN LADEN

After months of frustration, American commanders appear to have concluded that Osama bin Laden is probably still alive and moving between mountain hideouts somewhere on a 250-mile stretch of the border...

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THREATS AND RESPONSES: AFGHANISTAN; Qaeda Remnants Hunted Along Pakistan Border

Forces of the 82nd Airborne Division mounted a fresh offensive today against remnants of Al Qaeda in a mountainous area along the border with Pakistan that has served as an infiltration route for...

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SEPT. 11, 2001-2006: THE COVERAGE -- THE TV WATCH; Looking Back On a Tragedy...

The day of ceremony and remembrance was bracketed by fresh scenes of violence in Iraq and Afghanistan and renewed jitters at home.

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