U.S. says it fired at insurgents in Pakistan

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U.S. says it fired at insurgents in Pakistan
By Fisnik Abrashi - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Nov 18, 2008 20:35:20 EST

KABUL, Afghanistan — U.S. troops in Afghanistan launched a barrage of artillery at insurgents attacking their position from inside Pakistan’s volatile tribal region, in a cross-border strike coordinated with Pakistan’s military, U.S. and NATO officials said Tuesday.

The strike less than a mile inside Pakistan came after the militants fired rockets at a U.S. position in Afghanistan. Al-Qaida and Taliban militants have long found refuge in the border region, where they launch attacks on U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Sunday’s operation highlights growing cooperation between Afghan, Pakistani and U.S. officers, military officials said.

Coordination meetings have resumed between Afghan, Pakistani and U.S. officers, while the U.S. has deployed extra troops to help seal the border while Pakistan’s military conducts an offensive against militants in Bajur, an unruly tribal area that is a rumored hiding place of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden.

“This recent event is yet another example of our close cooperation with Pakistan’s military and our (Afghan National Security Forces) partners in responding to a common enemy,” said Lt. Col. Rumi Nielson-Green, a U.S. military spokesman in Afghanistan.


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