Source: Detroit News
Latest ripple in relations between anti-terror allies comes as group takes credit for deadly hotel attack.
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — U.S. helicopters flew into Pakistan’s militant-infested border region, but returned to Afghanistan after troops and tribesmen opened fire, intelligence officials said Monday. Washington denied the account.
The alleged incident late Sunday threatened new rifts between the […]

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Source: AFP
WASHINGTON (AFP) — The Pentagon on Monday denied that US-led coalition helicopters based in Afghanistan were fired on in Pakistan and forced to turn back.
The incident “did not happen” said Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman, adding that after studying the facts, a statement by a Pakistani security official “didn’t appear to be accurate.”
Earlier there were […]

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Source: Reuters

NATO forces in Afghanistan attacked targets inside Pakistan with artillery and attack helicopters after coming under rocket fire from across the border, the alliance said on Wednesday.
Tension is high along the border with a sharp rise in attacks in eastern Afghanistan coming from inside Pakistan that Afghan and NATO officials blame on de-facto ceasefires […]

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