NATO choppers kill 3 Pakistani soldiers: officials

[Turborama]

Source: AFP

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — NATO helicopters Thursday shelled a Pakistani paramilitary checkpoint and killed three soldiers in the fourth cross-border attack in days, Pakistani security officials said.

"It was an unprovoked attack that took place early Thursday morning. NATO helicopters entered our airspace and targeted a paramilitary checkpost killing three soldiers and wounding three others," a senior security official told AFP.

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Pakistani security officials said the incident took place in Mandati Kandaw village northwest of Parachinar, the main town of Kurram district close to Afghan border in Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal belt.

"NATO helicopters intruded up to five kilometres (three miles) into Pakistan's airspace," the Pakistani security official said. Another Pakistani security official confirmed the attack and said security forces had taken "suitable measures to respond to such acts of aggression, which will be known to people very soon."

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