Soldiers scour hills for elusive al-Qaida
Tuesday, May 21, 2002
PAKTIA PROVINCE, Afghanistan -- Coalition forces scoured the desolate hills near the border with Pakistan for days and found no traces of al-Qaida and Taliban forces. Nothing in the caves, nothing in the foxholes, nothing in the abandoned observation posts looking out over the valley.
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