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January 20, 2001 

ISLAMABAD, JAN 19 (UNB/AP) - Afghanistan's ruling Taliban and their harboring of suspected terrorist mastermind, Osama bin Laden, were subjects expoected to have surfaced during talks Friday between U.S. Gen. Tommy R. Franks and Pakistan's military ruler Gen. Pervez Musharraf.

However, officials from both countries refused to give details of the talks.

Franks, who took over as commander-in-chief of the U.S. central Command forces last year, is on an introductory visit to Pakistan, said Mark Wentworth, a U.S. Embassy spokesman.

Pakistan was a close ally of the United States and cooperated militarily until 1990 when Washington cut all military and humanitarian aid to Pakistan to punish it for its nuclear program.

In 1998 relations deteriorated further when India and Pakistan conducted tit-for-tat nuclear explosions and declared themselves nuclear powers.

Washington also has accused Pakistan of aiding Kashmiri militants battling Indian soldiers on its Kashmir territory, as well as supporting neighboring Afghanistan's Taliban rulers.

The United States accuses the Taliban of harboring international terrorists, including bin Laden. Washington has been pressuring Pakistan to use its influence with the Taliban to have bin Laden arrested and extradited.

Pakistan is one of only three countries to recognize the Taliban.