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To: D. Long who wrote (4551)	9/25/2001 2:25:32 AM
From: D. Long	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 23908

Taliban conscripts running for the border? timesofindia.com ____________________________________________________________ 'Afghan troops want to flee into Pakistan' SLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Sunday that Afghan troops had gathered at the Chaman border post and wanted to cross over fearing a U.S. attack, but denied reports that the Taliban had massed 25,000 soldiers along the frontier. Neither Pakistan nor Afghanistan have deployed troops along their border in the wake of the threatened U.S. strikes against Kabul, Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR) director general Rashed Qureshi told mediapersons in Quetta. The Frontier Constabulary that guards the border during peacetime continues to do so and no troops have been moved forward, Qureshi said. Qureshi, who is also the press secretary to President Pervez Musharraf, was on a visit to the area along with Information Secretary Syed Anwar Mehmood. Media reports had said that the Taliban had deployed 25,000 troops along the border with Pakistan. Other reports said that Pakistan has also deployed troops along the Durand Line, the border between the two countries. Qureshi said that there was neither any conflict between Pakistan and Afghanistan nor was one likely. "There are some elements in our neighbour who want to spoil the historic Pakistan-Afghanistan relations. We are not going to war with Afghanistan." Qureshi said that the Pakistan Air Force (PAF) was on full alert to defend the country's strategic assets. He said military experts of the Joint Services Headquarters would hold talks with a U.S. delegation that will visit Pakistan to work out details of Islamabad's cooperation with Washington in the campaign against terrorism. The extent of this cooperation had not been specified because details have not so far been discussed between the two countries, Qureshi said. Mehmood said that there was a national consensus on the government's policy on cooperating with the international community to curb terrorism. He said representatives of political parties had expressed their support during their meetings with Musharraf. He said that the number of protesters against the move was "negligible" and placed them at less 50,000 of Pakistan's 145 million population. ( IANS )