The Pakistani army has "strongly protested" to NATO after a raid by two helicopters for ISAF in the tribal area of North Waziristan, which injured on Tuesday, two Pakistani soldiers. In Kabul, the NATO international force (ISAF) "has heard of a possible incident" at this point of the border. A Western military official in Kabul confirmed that both NATO aircraft that were operating on the Afghan side had responded to fire from Pakistan.
"Two helicopters were flying in the coverage area of a forward base" international forces "that was taken under fire by fire from the Pakistani side," he said, on condition of anonymity. "One of the devices has also suffered under fire from across the border, but did not return fire immediately.
He did when he was again under fire," added the source. An official Pakistani helicopters remained ten minutes in Pakistani airspace. Pakistani forces fired toward the hélicopètres and two soldiers were wounded. The incident occurred at the border, in Datta Khel area, about forty kilometers west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan.
The tribal area of North Waziristan is the stronghold of the Haqqani network, suspected of carrying out the insurgency in eastern Afghanistan. U.S. drones are regularly in the region last year. This latest incident comes as relations between the U.S. and Pakistan, its key ally in its "war against terrorism, have deteriorated after a squad of U.S.
special forces helicopter in Afghanistan, eliminated Osama Bin Laden in a villa in Abbottabad, a city garrison two hours drive north of Islamabad. On 30 September, an incursion of NATO helicopters hunting down insurgents beyond the Afghan border killed two people in the ranks of the Pakistani army.
Islamabad had closed in retaliation for the supply route of Western troops in Afghanistan. 
"Two helicopters were flying in the coverage area of a forward base" international forces "that was taken under fire by fire from the Pakistani side," he said, on condition of anonymity. "One of the devices has also suffered under fire from across the border, but did not return fire immediately.
He did when he was again under fire," added the source. An official Pakistani helicopters remained ten minutes in Pakistani airspace. Pakistani forces fired toward the hélicopètres and two soldiers were wounded. The incident occurred at the border, in Datta Khel area, about forty kilometers west of Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan.
The tribal area of North Waziristan is the stronghold of the Haqqani network, suspected of carrying out the insurgency in eastern Afghanistan. U.S. drones are regularly in the region last year. This latest incident comes as relations between the U.S. and Pakistan, its key ally in its "war against terrorism, have deteriorated after a squad of U.S.
special forces helicopter in Afghanistan, eliminated Osama Bin Laden in a villa in Abbottabad, a city garrison two hours drive north of Islamabad. On 30 September, an incursion of NATO helicopters hunting down insurgents beyond the Afghan border killed two people in the ranks of the Pakistani army.
Islamabad had closed in retaliation for the supply route of Western troops in Afghanistan.
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