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Authorities blamed the attack on Taliban insurgents.

A1 NEEDIEST CASES B8 Suspects and Money Trails ATTACK ON TALIBAN EXPECTED -- Pakistan's president said he expects the United States to take military action in Afghanistan in response to the Taliban's refusal to hand over Osama bin Laden.

What unpropitious timing for America to attack Pakistan at the dawn of new democratic elections ("U.S. Attack on Taliban Compound Kills 23 in Pakistani Border Area," news article, Sept. 9).

Hours after a truck bomber slew 53 people last weekend at the Marriott Hotel in Islamabad, Pakistan, the country's senior adviser in the ministry laid responsibility for the attack on Taliban militants holed up in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas, or FATA, the remote, wild region that straddles the border with Afghanistan.

If true, that would be the first known American combat death in Afghanistan since the attack on Taliban forces began on Oct. 7. A1 So Many Hiding Places THE CAVES -- If Osama bin Laden is hiding in a cave in Afghanistan, as American officials suspect, he has plenty to choose from.

A Nato helicopter has reportedly killed two children during an attack on Taliban fighters.The helicopter opened fire as it supported Afghan soldiers near the town of Ghazni in south-east Afghanistan, despite president Hamid Karzai forbidding troops to call for foreign air support.

Mr. Rumsfeld defended the attacks on Taliban columns in retreat.

It has tolerated hugely unpopular drone attacks on Taliban and al-Qaeda targets in its territory.

This could involve targeted operations, but not attacks on Taliban forces that posed no extra-provincial threat.

The soldiers helped guide air attacks on Taliban positions and captured hundreds of enemy fighters, including John Walker Lindh, an American who had joined the Taliban.

Pakistani jets carried out two attacks on Taliban targets in a tribal region in the northwest on Thursday, killing nearly 50 people, officials said.