Pakistan border could be escape route

Saturday, November 24, 2001

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Narrow tracks cling to bleak, rocky slopes. Some lead to caves hidden away in crevices or under jagged overhangs. Others climb thousands of feet to obscure mountain passes. Routes used by smugglers for centuries could be Osama bin Laden's way out.

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