Twenty-five foreign fighters were killed or wounded by Afghan security forces after crossing the border from Pakistan, said a government official, the first sign of retaliation in Afghanistan after Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden. Bin Laden, mastermind of the attacks of September 11, 2001 in the United States, died Monday at the hands of U.S.
forces in a dramatic assault on the north of the Pakistani capital Islamabad, causing fear of retaliation from Islamic militants. Jamaluddin Badr, governor of the northern province of Nuristan, said that among the 25 combatants killed or wounded during the night had Arabs, Chechens and Pakistanis.
"We understand the situation here now that Al Qaeda and other elements will try to infiltrate Afghanistan. We have launched an operation to control the infiltration of the border." The Taliban, Al Qaeda and other Islamist militants have long operated from safe havens and training camps in the Pashtun tribal regions of Pakistan's lawless northwest.
Bin Laden was protected by the Taliban in Afghanistan before Sept. 11 and escaped U.S. troops and Afghan militia during an assault on Tora Bora mountain region of Afghanistan, before slipping into Pakistan. Military commanders, political leaders and analysts have warned that the immediate effect of the death of bin Laden will probably be an escalation of violence in Afghanistan where Islamic militants trying to fight back.
The Afghan Taliban have not commented so far on the death of bin Laden. Pakistani counterparts have pledged to increase the attacks against targets in Pakistan and the United States. Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, former Taliban envoy to Pakistan, said the U.S. had accomplished its purpose of killing bin Laden should leave Afghanistan now.
Washington promised to start gradually reducing its combat troops in Afghanistan in July, a process culminating with the transfer of control of security forces in late 2014. 
forces in a dramatic assault on the north of the Pakistani capital Islamabad, causing fear of retaliation from Islamic militants. Jamaluddin Badr, governor of the northern province of Nuristan, said that among the 25 combatants killed or wounded during the night had Arabs, Chechens and Pakistanis.
"We understand the situation here now that Al Qaeda and other elements will try to infiltrate Afghanistan. We have launched an operation to control the infiltration of the border." The Taliban, Al Qaeda and other Islamist militants have long operated from safe havens and training camps in the Pashtun tribal regions of Pakistan's lawless northwest.
Bin Laden was protected by the Taliban in Afghanistan before Sept. 11 and escaped U.S. troops and Afghan militia during an assault on Tora Bora mountain region of Afghanistan, before slipping into Pakistan. Military commanders, political leaders and analysts have warned that the immediate effect of the death of bin Laden will probably be an escalation of violence in Afghanistan where Islamic militants trying to fight back.
The Afghan Taliban have not commented so far on the death of bin Laden. Pakistani counterparts have pledged to increase the attacks against targets in Pakistan and the United States. Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, former Taliban envoy to Pakistan, said the U.S. had accomplished its purpose of killing bin Laden should leave Afghanistan now.
Washington promised to start gradually reducing its combat troops in Afghanistan in July, a process culminating with the transfer of control of security forces in late 2014.
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