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APISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) -- Pakistani police were questioning a 20-year-old U.S. citizen who was arrested close to the Afghan border, officials said Tuesday as new clashes in the area killed 17 militants.
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The American man was arrested late Monday at a checkpoint in the frontier region, considered a possible hiding place for al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden and other foreign extremists.
Police officer Marjan Khan said the man was wearing traditional Pakistani clothes and was carrying a laptop computer and a travel bag.
"He has told us that he was a student at a community college in Florida and wanted to enter the tribal region to see a friend," Khan said, adding he had been taken to an undisclosed location for questioning.
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