Peshawar, Aug 12: Pakistan boosted its military presence along its western border with Afghanistan on Tuesday, a day after allied US forces accidentally killed two Pakistani troops in the latest in a series of tension-raising border skirmishes.
Fresh Pakistani troops arrived at the Imal Khel post in the tribal border district of North Waziristan, while Pakistani Army helicopters were seen circling overhead, witnesses said.
On Monday, US troops patrolling the Afghan side of the border in southeast Paktika province called in fighter planes to pursue attackers fleeing towards Pakistan after they were fired on.
In the ensuing firefight, by both US ground and air troops, two Pakistani soldiers on their side of the border were killed and one was injured. The US military’s central command has confirmed the “unintended” deaths by friendly fire.
A Pakistani border guard on duty during the skirmish said the Pakistanis were on a routine patrol.
“We were on a routine patrol in the area when sudden ground fire was heard. Later on (US) helicopters also arrived,” the guard, who helped evacuate the wounded to a hospital in the district capital Miranshah said.
The area echoed with the thuds of rockets fired by US helicopters, the guard said, requesting not to be quoted by name.
The wounded Pakistani, identified as lance Naik Amjad, underwent surgery for a bullet wound to his abdomen and was listed in stable condition.
The US is well known world wide for Friendly fire inncodents remember Desert Storm 1 and recently the rocket attacks from Appachi's on British Troops operating in Iraq!! They are just poorly diciplined troops.
Besides this really looks like an accident, if they wanted they could have done a lot worse!
LOOK ... bein A Pakistani and then Being a Muslim we should not consider this matter as a mistake. why in the 1st place this happen? why america can make mistakes???? who are they to shoot @ n e 1
i think they should be shown way back home
or they should burnt alive in afghistan so they runaway
So what do you think he should do? Kick them out and automatically pin point himslef as the next target.
think out you senses not your ARS my dear.
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so what do u think he should do? continue with his head down and letting Americans having a free run of the country, using Pak soldiers for their target shooting practice??
and as for being next target, take a lesson from north koreans, how US is begging for a peace talk with them after all the defiant acts of north.
time u quit using ur ars in place of brain ... chum
one dictator wanted to make pakistan a pure islamic state where the laws of allah and his rasool had to rule ( as he used to say "jahaN allah aur us ke rasul hi hukumrani ho gii), and now another dictator
wants to turn pakistan into a secular state... Zia did everything, though totally against national interest, to please uncle sam, only in such a way he could prolong his illegitimate power which was the sole guarantee for his life and now Musharraf is doing the same thing...Zia got one way ticket to heaven when his plane crashed myteriously, lets see when and how this dictator meets his fate.One thing is for sure, in today's world only strong democratic institutions can serve our interests.
i just want to know from any self respecting pakistani? how would usa have reacted to a friendly fire death of a marine at the hands of paksitani soldiers?
RAWALPINDI, Aug 17: General Richard B. Myers, Chairman Joint Chiefs of Staff, US Armed Forces had a telephonic conversation with Vice Chief of Army Staff General Mohammad Yusaf Khan on Saturday night and expressed his regrets over the incident of Aug 11 when two Pakistan soldiers died due to firing of US forces at Pakistan-Afghan border in North Waziristan Agency.
General Myers said that US attached great significance to its relations with Pakistan as an important ally in the global fight against terrorism.
He assured Vice Chief of Army Staff that all measures would be initiated to ensure that such mistakes were not repeated. General Yusaf expressed the hope that necessary steps would be taken immediately to prevent recurrence of such incidents in future. -APP