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March 19, 2003
   

  Pakistani troops and police continue to hunt al Qaeda members, with 480 arrested and turned over to the US, with another hundred or so still in Pakistani custody. There are still several hundred thousand Afghan refugee camps in Pakistan, and these camps, plus Pushtun tribal areas along the Afghan border, are sill providing hiding places for Taliban and al Qaeda members.