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To: NickSE who wrote (44860)10/22/2003 4:38:02 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 50167
 
Another fence goes up..War on terror continues..

Pakistan fencing Afghan border against al-Qaeda, Taliban group

(Updated at 2245 PST)

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan said on Wednesday it had started fencing parts of its western border with Afghanistan to stop cross-border movement of al-Qaeda and Taliban group members.

New searchlight towers and checkpoints were also being set up along the Afghan border in southwestern Baluchistan province, military spokesman Major-General Shaukat Sultan told to a foreign news agency.