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security forces and the 60,000 international troops working with them.

Pakistan, which has deployed around 90,000 troops on the border, says Afghan and international troops must enhance http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20 071226/wl_afp/pakistanafghanis tan_071226172648

CNN LIVE EVENT/SPECIAL
Special Investigations Unit - Pakistan Terror Central
Aired December 27, 2007 - 23:00 ET

THIS IS A RUSH TRANSCRIPT. THIS COPY MAY NOT BE IN ITS FINAL FORM AND MAY BE UPDATED.

NIC ROBERTSON, HOST: October 18th, after years in exile, former Prime Minister, Benazir Bhutto, returns to Pakistan, to run for president. Within hours Bhutto was targeted in a double suicide bombing. She escapes but 140 people are killed.November 3rd, President Musharraf declares a state of emergency, suspends the constitution and declares martial law. Under heavy pressure, Musharraf steps down as head of the army, so he can run for another term as president.

Today, less than two weeks before the scheduled election, another terror attack. Benazir Bhutto is assassinated at a campaign rally plunging Pakistan into uncertainty. It's the latest dramatic twist in the story of Pakistan, considered by Washington to be a key ally in the war on terror. But is Pakistan winning its part of that war?Come with me, Nic Robertson, on my journalistic journey of the last two years, beyond Pakistani politics. Reporting into how the country has become Terror Central.
Full Transcripts: http://edition.cnn.com/TRANSCR IPTS/0712/27/se.01.html

More on CNN Pakistani Terror Fiasco: http://www.cnn.com/CNN/Program s/anderson.cooper.360/blog/200 7/12/360-program-note-peter-be rgen-is-in.html

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