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But Congo says government's first priority was to pacify its eastern borderlands.
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Their presence in the volatile eastern borderlands led to two Rwandan invasions.
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Militia violence in the eastern borderlands has surged since then.
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Congo's political turmoil has emboldened the dozens of militia groups that operate in its mineral-rich eastern borderlands.
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Despite the conflict's official end, much of Congo's eastern borderlands have remained a volatile patchwork of rebel fiefdoms and militia strongholds.
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Three US soldiers were killed in Afghanistan's eastern borderlands today, US and Nato officials said, the first Nato combat deaths this month.
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The Irish are taking part in an EU mission, known as Eufor, which has a UN mandate to protect civilians in Chad's eastern borderlands.
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It has also stoked militia violence in Congo's eastern borderlands with Rwanda and Uganda as armed groups moved to exploit a perceived power vacuum.
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Much of Congo's eastern borderlands remain a volatile patchwork of rebel fiefdoms and militia strongholds after its 1998-2003 war.