Experts in Pakistan believe the involvement of the local Taliban in the attack on a CIA base in Afghanistan could mean more pressure on Islamabad to intensify its crackdown on militants to secure the border areas.

VOA: standard.2010.01.09

One thirteenth-century Egyptian papyrus describes Egypt's tight control of her border areas, and another reports some Egyptian officials pursuing some runaway slaves Obviously this happened from time to time, escaping into the desert.

一张十三世纪的纸莎草纸上描述了,埃及对它边境地区的严格控制，还有一张记录埃及官员追逐逃跑的奴隶,这显然时常发生，逃往沙漠。

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Militants are launching attacks against government and security targets from bases in tribal areas on the border with Afghanistan.

VOA: special.2009.10.17

The effort will begin with areas along the border with Iran.

VOA: special.2009.08.18

U.S.and Afghan officials say those same areas act as Taliban and al-Qaida safe havens for cross-border attacks, making them a crucial part of the Afghan insurgency's resiliency.

VOA: standard.2009.03.26

U.S.officials have never confirmed the use of Predator drones, but it is widely reported that the Central Intelligence Agency has used them to kill suspected terrorist leaders operating in Pakistan's largely ungoverned tribal areas along its border with Afghanistan.

VOA: standard.2009.10.27

I don't want to be an alarmist here." "But the one thing that is very important is that as the ISAF (NATO) forces operate in the areas near the Pakistan border, that the impact on Pakistan be taken into account at all times and that the Pakistani security forces are properly aware of what the military actions are so they can do what is necessary to protect your border,"

VOA: standard.2009.07.04