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...switching sides by the thousands, American commandos spent last week picking up bin Laden's scent--and nudging the six-week conflict toward a decisive climax. The Taliban faced devastation in its southern strongholds, and that shrank bin Laden's theater of operation. Pashtun operatives showered Western and Pakistani intelligence agents with information about bin Laden's hideouts. Pakistani officials told Time that U.S. forces, working from reports that Taliban informants gave to Pakistani intelligence agents, have zeroed in on the Tora Bora region near Jalalabad, where bin Laden was thought to have sought the protection...
...seemed calm, now. "They have gone, the Talibans out," he said with a sigh. A few checkpoints later, we were at the border post at Torkham. All that stood between me and safety was four Talibs with guns. I tried to enter Pakistan, telling them I am a Pakistani. The words caused commotion. One Talib grabbed me from the neck. Another grabbed my left wrist. The third put his hands on my chest, forcing me back to Afghanistan...
...Pakistani," he shouted in Pashto. "What are you doing here? You a Pakistani officer." I kept replying in Urdu. They forced me to sit on a wheel barrow. I was terrified. My camera was in the pocket of my waist coat. I shuddered at what would happen if they search me and find the camera...
...took out my passport and gave it to a Pakistani guard standing within reach. I wanted to get nearer to him, but the Talibs forced me back. I explained that I was a journalist, but they kept staring at me. I told them I would stay put, in an attempt to pacify them. But when the Taliban's attention was drawn to some incoming refugees, a Pakistani border guard winked and asked me to come...
...worst thing for a Pakistani in Afghanistan is the Afghan hatred against Pakistan - most Afghans today see Pakistan as the cause of all their troubles. But despite this hatred on my journey from Jalalabad, there were some who took it as their honor to save me and take me home...