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U.S. Keeps Watch Over Afghan Khost Region
Tuesday, March 26, 2002
By Linda D. Kozaryn
American Forces Press Service

U.S. forces continue to clean up the Afghan area involved in Operation Anaconda, Rosa added. Troops are searching caves and finding books, writings, ammunition and other equipment.

WASHINGTON -- AFIS
U.S. military officials are carefully watching the Khost area in Afghanistan where al Qaeda and former Taliban fighters may be regrouping.

"The Khost area is a tense situation. It remains a dangerous place," Air Force Brig. Gen. John W. Rosa told reporters at the Pentagon today. U.S. forces continue surveillance and intelligence gathering in that area, he said.

The Joint Staff spokesman gave no details about the intelligence U.S. officials have. "We continue to observe, but to start to characterize at this point in time what we're seeing, I think, is a bit premature," he said.

Pentagon spokeswoman Torie Clarke said U.S. officials expect and anticipate encounters with more pockets of resistance. Al Qaeda and Taliban forces have been in a regrouping mode, she said, "so we fully expect it and it's one of the reasons we're still there."
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