SgtJim
05-18-2011, 06:45 AM
By Bill Roggio
May 17, 2011
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/05/pakistan_fires_on_tw.php#ixzz1MhRCuvCV
there are no "official" press releases from ISAF yet
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Pakistani troops and Coalition helicopters exchanged fire along the Afghan-Pakistani border earlier this morning, resulting in two Pakistani troops wounded. The Pakistani military has "lodged a strong protest" and insists on a high-level meeting.
Initial reports from both sides are in conflict. The clash took place at the Admi Kot Post in the Datta Khel area in North Waziristan, according to the Pakistani military. Pakistan claimed that the Coalition helicopters based in Afghanistan crossed the border, but an unnamed Western military official said the helicopters opened fire from Afghanistan after taking fire from the Pakistani side of the border.
"Two NATO Helicopters violated Pakistan air space today at Admi Kot Post, North Waziristan Agency in the in the early hours of the morning," the Pakistani military said, in an official statement released at the Inter-Services Public Relations website.
"The troops at the post fired upon the helicopters and, as a result of exchange of fire, two of our soldiers received injuries," the Pakistani statement continued. "Pakistan Army has lodged a strong protest and demanded a flag meeting."
Officially, the International Security Assistance Force, the NATO command in Afghanistan, said that the incident is being investigated.
"ISAF is aware of the incident and is assessing it to determine what happened. This effort will be pursued in a cooperative manner using the border coordination center partnership," Lieutenant Commander Colette, an ISAF spokeswoman, told The Long War Journal.
An anonymous Western military official told Reuters that the helicopters were responding to attacks on a US combat outpost and had opened fire into Pakistan after taking fire twice.
"Our initial reports indicate that two ISAF helicopters were in the area in support of FOB (forward operating base) Tillman, as the FOB had been receiving intermittent direct and indirect fire from across the Pakistani border," the official told Reuters. "Upon arrival the helicopter received fire from across the border but did not immediately return fire. Upon receiving fire from across the border a second time, the helicopter returned fire."
May 17, 2011
Read more: http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2011/05/pakistan_fires_on_tw.php#ixzz1MhRCuvCV
there are no "official" press releases from ISAF yet
---
Pakistani troops and Coalition helicopters exchanged fire along the Afghan-Pakistani border earlier this morning, resulting in two Pakistani troops wounded. The Pakistani military has "lodged a strong protest" and insists on a high-level meeting.
Initial reports from both sides are in conflict. The clash took place at the Admi Kot Post in the Datta Khel area in North Waziristan, according to the Pakistani military. Pakistan claimed that the Coalition helicopters based in Afghanistan crossed the border, but an unnamed Western military official said the helicopters opened fire from Afghanistan after taking fire from the Pakistani side of the border.
"Two NATO Helicopters violated Pakistan air space today at Admi Kot Post, North Waziristan Agency in the in the early hours of the morning," the Pakistani military said, in an official statement released at the Inter-Services Public Relations website.
"The troops at the post fired upon the helicopters and, as a result of exchange of fire, two of our soldiers received injuries," the Pakistani statement continued. "Pakistan Army has lodged a strong protest and demanded a flag meeting."
Officially, the International Security Assistance Force, the NATO command in Afghanistan, said that the incident is being investigated.
"ISAF is aware of the incident and is assessing it to determine what happened. This effort will be pursued in a cooperative manner using the border coordination center partnership," Lieutenant Commander Colette, an ISAF spokeswoman, told The Long War Journal.
An anonymous Western military official told Reuters that the helicopters were responding to attacks on a US combat outpost and had opened fire into Pakistan after taking fire twice.
"Our initial reports indicate that two ISAF helicopters were in the area in support of FOB (forward operating base) Tillman, as the FOB had been receiving intermittent direct and indirect fire from across the Pakistani border," the official told Reuters. "Upon arrival the helicopter received fire from across the border but did not immediately return fire. Upon receiving fire from across the border a second time, the helicopter returned fire."