What began as a holy war against the Soviet Union took on a new dimension, Mr. Anas said, when Mr. bin Laden broke away and established a new corps of militant Muslims whose ambitions reached far beyond the borders of Afghanistan.
The American grievance about the Frontier Corps, which is under the overall command of the Pakistani Army, is largely based on the conviction that the corps allows Islamic militants to cross the porous border from Pakistan into Afghanistan with impunity to fight NATO forces.
Last week, Islamic militants tried to kill the army corps commander in Karachi.
The corps has also been a target of Iranian insurgent groups including Jundallah, a Sunni militant group based near Iran's border with Pakistan.
In late April, a Pakistani corps commander pardoned Mr. Muhammad and four other local tribesmen accused of sheltering militants in exchange for a promise that they would not carry out any more attacks.
The diplomatic corps arrived.
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The receiver corps did nothing.
In a moment of tribal theater on April 24, a Pakistani Army corps commander flew to the remote village of Shakai to accept the surrender of Mr. Muhammad and four other wanted Pakistani militants.
