Attacks Catch Pakistan Off Guard

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan -- For two years, Afghan officials have said it publicly and American troops have bitterly complained about it privately.

A large group of foreign militants who they suspect are allied with al-Qaida -- and possibly Osama bin Laden himself -- appear to be safely hiding in Pakistan's tribal areas and mounting cross- border attacks on American forces in Afghanistan. Pakistani forces at the border have apparently done little to stop them.

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Attacks Catch Pakistan Off Guard

"If they'd cut the restraints," said one American soldier on patrol near the border last week, referring to their ord...

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