Government denies story on U.S. forces
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From Times Wire Reports
Pakistan reiterated that it would not let U.S. forces hunt Al Qaeda and Taliban militants on its soil, after a news report said the Bush administration was considering expanding military and intelligence operations in the nation’s tribal regions.
The Foreign Ministry dismissed as speculative a New York Times story saying President Bush’s top security officials discussed a proposal Friday to deploy U.S. troops along the Pakistani-Afghan border.
The border area has long been considered a likely hiding place for Osama bin Laden.
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