But this same cancer has also taken root in the border region of Pakistan.
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He also urged Congress to pass legislation that would create opportunity zones in the border region.
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"There is no diminishing of their ability to operate, " in the border region, a senior U.S. military official said.
But the government wants ITV to do more in Scotland to address the concerns of viewers in the Border region.
The U.S. military in Afghanistan has not commented on the strikes, which typically target Taliban fighters in the border region.
The company also questioned whether most viewers in the Border region would really want to see more of STV's regional output.
In addition to the airstrikes, fighting continued Monday in several areas of the border region, said South Sudan's military spokesman, Philip Aguer.
The BBC's Yolande Knell, in al-Arish, said further armoured personnel carriers could be seen overnight on Thursday, heading eastwards towards the border region.
Croatian troops have been moving to the border region, and Eastern Slavonian Serb soldiers are deploying to face what they see as a threat.
Along the border region, locals' guesses of how many people engage in at least some shuttle-trading range from a fifth to half of the population.
Returning to Juba from a visit to Abyei, the SPLM's Secretary General Pagan Amum said the situation in the border region was now calm, although still tense.
Farmers soak up about 85% of the border region's scarce water, and on the semi-arid land on both sides they grow thirsty cash crops like sugar cane.
So his departure could hurt the chances of resolving the Arab-Kurdish dispute over land and oil in the border region around Kirkuk, a city and province which the Kurds say is theirs.
Would the border region of Alsace-Lorraine, with its rich seams of coal, again be fought over as European nations struggled to control a key commodity, coal to produce electricity, needed for a war-making machine?
The impact on the border region was swift.
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In short, the conference was about changing the narrative about the U.S.-Mexico border by telling the full story about how and why the border region is a key driver of our global competitiveness and shared prosperity.
In Washington, U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the border region remains "a real problem" for allied troops battling a resurgent Taliban and its al Qaeda allies in Afghanistan, particularly along the rugged border with Pakistan.
The border region near Homs on the Syria side is strategic because it links Damascus with the coastal enclave that is the heartland of Syria's Alawites and is also home to the country's two main seaports, Latakia and Tartus.
Given the importance of this powerful relationship, the Obama Administration launched the Border Export Strategy to highlight the significance of the U.S.-Mexico trade relationship and, more specifically, the vibrant, diverse, and talented communities that make up the border region.
One helpful sign is that Mexican goods should move into America's interior more easily after a Supreme Court decision on June 7th allowing the passage of Mexican trucks, which until now have been made to stay in the border region.
"Although Americans do not appear to be the specific targets of the crimes, the elevated level of violence generally has resulted in greater risks to the thousands of American citizens visiting and passing through the border region every day, " he wrote.
"As long as the main priority of the government of South Sudan is maintaining security, especially along the border region, the less it will be able to focus on delivering the types of services and development the populace expects, " he says.
His links with the country are deep: like all tribesmen living in the border region he was a dual citizen of Afghanistan and Pakistan and has apparently previously owned property in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, the heartland of the Afghan Taliban.
Hakura said the Turkish military wanted to conduct a surprise attack against the PKK prior to the springtime, when violent attacks tend to escalate, and when the snow in the mountainous border region leaves the fighters' footprints.
In the developing world, only China has received more inward investment than the Mexican border region.
For instance, the first option would see an extra programme focussed purely on the Border TV region so would also include stories of interest to viewers in Cumbria.
Following Wednesday's vote by Israel's security cabinet, control of northern Ghajar will be handed over to the UN Interim Force in Lebanon (Unifil), whose mandate is to keep peace in the tense border region.
Significant challenges remain: relations with the central government in Baghdad remain vexed, not least over how to share oil revenue and the precise demarcation of the border between the Kurdish region and the rest of the country.
Its mission is to improve the quality of life and prosperity of people living in the central border region, an area described by ICBAN's chief executive, Shane Campbell, as being "on the periphery of Northern Ireland, on the periphery of the Republic of Ireland, on the periphery of the UK and on the periphery of Europe".
Restoring a dedicated news service for the former Border TV region, similar to the one provided until 2009, along with a weekly current affairs programme dedicated to the area.
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