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2006-12-26 -Lurid Crime Tales-

Afghanistan Rejects Pakistan's Plan to Fence, Land Mine Border to Stem Militancy

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Posted by Thung Slolunter8679 2006-12-26 08:44|| || Front Page|| [3 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 It's obvious. The Afghani government knows that Pakistan would use this as an excuse for not personally stopping the madrassaniks and al-Quedans. After all, Pakistan would say that they couldn't get over the border, so why should Pakistan do any work?

Posted by Eric Jablow">Eric Jablow 2006-12-26 10:01|| 2006-12-26 10:01|| Front Page Top

#2 Most of the terrorists use the main passes anyway. One of their tricks is for several hundred of them to show up at a border checkpoint at the same time, which overwhelms the ability of the guards to do more than spot check them.

So they pinch one or two, and the rest get through.

Posted by Anonymoose 2006-12-26 11:21|| 2006-12-26 11:21|| Front Page Top

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