US strikes undercut efforts on Pakistan-Afghan border
Summary from the United Kingdom, from articles in English
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The Pentagon has said an air strike by US forces in the Afghan-Pakistani border region, said to have killed 11 Pakistani soldiers, was legitimate. (article 2)
The US military confirmed that its forces based on the Afghan side of the border had launched artillery and air strikes after coming under fire from pro-Taleban forces. (article 2)
The soldiers' deaths occurred overnight at a border post in the mountainous Gora Prai region in Mohmand, one of Pakistan's tribal areas, across the border from Afghanistan's Kunar province. (article 1)
A leading US think-tank has accused members of Pakistan's intelligence service, the ISI, of aiding Taleban fighters in neighbouring Afghanistan. (article 4)
In a new report, funded by the Pentagon, the Rand Corporation said individual Pakistani agents had provided intelligence to insurgents. (article 4)
Guest columnist Ahmed Rashid on why relations between the US and Pakistani militaries are at their worst since the 11 September 2001 attacks. (article 3)
Senior US officials and legislators, Nato commanders, European leaders, the UN and the Afghan government have voiced their anger and frustration. (article 3)
At the same time, relations between two critical allies in the war on terror - the US military and the Pakistan army - seem to be at their worst since the 11 September 2001 attacks. (article 3)
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Source articles
- Pakistan fury at deadly US strike (BBC News, 06/11/2008, 493 words)
- US defends Afghan border strike (BBC News, 06/11/2008, 531 words)
- Pakistan's prickly foreign relations (BBC News, 06/10/2008, 1785 words)
- Pakistan agents 'helping Taleban' (BBC News, 06/10/2008, 166 words)
- Pakistan faces a long march to reach stability (timesonline.co.uk, 06/11/2008, 616 words)
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