Saturday, September 11, 2010

NATO denies firing mortars into Pakistan

The US embassy in Islamabad has denied claims that NATO soldiers in Afghanistan fired mortars across the Pakistan border, killing at least three people.

Officials in the militant-infested Pakistan region of North Waziristan on Friday claimed shells fired by coalition forces battling Taliban fighters in the Afghan province of Khost had smashed into houses in Saidgi village.

But in a statement issued on Friday, the embassy said the claims were "completely false".

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