Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf says Pakistani forces will hunt down any al-Qaida or Taleban militants who crossed into his country from Afghanistan. 

General Musharraf says his troops have tried to prevent terrorists from leaving Afghanistan, but that it was impossible to close the entire border. He says a small number of militants could have made it into Pakistan. 

The Pakistani leader says any infiltrators will be captured by Pakistani troops with U.S. communications and electronic tracking assistance. General Musharraf also says it is "out of the question, not possible at all" that U.S. military forces control territory in Pakistan. Last month, U.S. special forces troops pursued al-Qaida and Taleban fighters into Pakistan. 

Meanwhile, coalition forces are continuing their search for Taleban and al-Qaida holdouts in southern and eastern Afghanistan. A British military spokesman says coalition troops have so far only encountered friendly villagers in the operation. 

In a separate operation, several hundred Canadian troops have been deployed in eastern Afghanistan. U.S. air and Afghan ground forces are assisting the British and Canadian-led operations. 

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