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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (41676)	11/16/2001 11:49:33 AM
From: IQBAL LATIF	Respond to of 50167

Pakistan on Friday dismissed a report by an Iranian radio station, which said Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, and alleged terrorist Osama bin Laden had fled Afghanistan for Pakistan. A spokesman for the military government in Islamabad told a news agency the report was incorrect and reiterated Pakistan's determination to keep Taliban leaders and bin Laden on the Afghan side of the border. Pakistan began to deploy 1,000 extra troops Friday along a sensitive stretch of its border with Afghanistan, a news agency reports. Six tanks sent Thursday to the area around Chaman will back the reinforcements. The report quoting military officials said 150 troops were immediately posted along the border and the rest would be progressively deployed today. "If Kandahar falls there is a real concern that armed Taliban may try to cross the border," one official said. "This is a totally imaginary report which has no foundation. One does not know from where (the radio station) got this information," said the spokesman. "The Pakistani government has taken all measures to beef up security at the border and heightened vigilance at all the entry points."