Nato troops build up on Pak border
Published: July 16, 2008PESHAWAR - The US-led allied troops Tuesday initiated extraordinary movement in Afghan territories along North Waziristan’s Pak-Afghan border and caused extreme form of anxiety among the people of FATA and adjacent areas of NWFP. “Around 300 fresh allied troops boarding tanks equipped with modern and sophisticated weapons arrived in Afghanistan territories along North Waziristan’s border areas of Ghulam Khan, Lawara Mandi and Beermal,” remarked local tribesmen in Miranshah. The news of the movement of the allied forces troops spread like a jungle fire all over FATA
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