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A top U.S. envoy praised President Pervez Musharraf’s government on Wednesday and skirted the issue of his expulsion of a top political rival, taking some heat off the military leader as he struggles for election to a new term.
Soon after Deputy Secretary of State John Negroponte’s tribute to Pakistan’s anti-terrorism efforts, the army reported killing up to 40 Islamic militants near the Afghan border.
Musharraf is facing hostility at home for sending Nawaz Sharif, the premier he ousted in a 1999 coup, back into exile.
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Items compiled from Tribune news services.
