1.  American operatives have already been accompanying Pakistani forces on raids in other areas of Pakistan.

2.  In announcing a continuation of the cease-fire, Vajpayee also said that firing by Pakistani forces at the de facto border had declined.

3.  In repelling Pakistani forces, however, India restrained its troops from any incursions of its own across the line of control.

4.  India is with us on Tuesdays and Fridays, provided it can shell Pakistani forces around Kashmir all other days.

5.  Instead, the United States relied on Pakistani forces, Afghan militiamen and American air power.

6.  It was not immediately clear how Qaida suspects were able to inflict such heavy losses on the Pakistani forces.

7.  Meanwhile, across the border, Pakistani forces continued to battle an insurrection by Afghan war prisoners.

8.  None of the behavior, he insisted, was attributable to either Pakistani forces or the militants.

9.  Officials said the Pakistani forces retreated for a time, and when they returned, the suspected al-Qaida fighters opened fire.

10.  On Wednesday, Rumsfeld said Pakistani forces along the mountainous border had captured hundreds of non-Afghan al-Qaida and Taliban fighters fleeing Afghanistan in the past few days.