Pakistani troops taking up positions this month at a vantage point over the Swat Valley, where militants have fought the army.Credit...Mohammad Iqbal/Associated Press ISLAMABAD, Pakistan � After the United States has spent more than $5 billion in a largely failed effort to bolster the Pakistani military effort against Al Qaeda and the Taliban, some American officials now acknowledge that there wer
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