DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: Two helicopters carrying NATO forces landed in a Pakistani village in South Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan early Wednesday morning and the soldiers opened fire on villagers, killing seven people, according to a spokesman for the Pakistani military. The account by the spokesman, Major General Athar Abbas, broadcast on Pakistani television Wednesday evening, described what appeared to be the first commando attack by NATO forces against the Taliban inside Pakistan. Pakistan has lodged a "strong protest" with the U.S. government and reserved the right of "self defense and retaliation," the general said. Local residents said most of the dead were women and children but this could not be immediately confirmed. The administration of President George W. Bush has accused Pakistan in recent months of not doing enough to curb attacks by the Taliban, who maintain bases inside the Pakistani tribal region and cross the border to attack American and coalition soldiers in Afghanistan.
DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan: Two helicopters carrying NATO forces landed in a Pakistani village in South Waziristan near the border with Afghanistan early Wednesday morning and the soldiers opened fire on villagers, killing seven people, according to a spokesman for the Pakistani military.
The account by the spokesman, Major General Athar Abbas, broadcast on Pakistani television Wednesday evening, described what appeared to be the first commando attack by NATO forces against the Taliban inside Pakistan.
Pakistan has lodged a "strong protest" with the U.S. government and reserved the right of "self defense and retaliation," the general said. Local residents said most of the dead were women and children but this could not be immediately confirmed.
The administration of President George W. Bush has accused Pakistan in recent months of not doing enough to curb attacks by the Taliban, who maintain bases inside the Pakistani tribal region and cross the border to attack American and coalition soldiers in Afghanistan.
but where did you see that I said that you said it was a good thing? ;-) In the long run, we're all dead. John Maynard Keynes
WANA: Pakistani government confirmed that 20 people were killed in coalition forces' attack at Angorada area of South Waiziristan on Wednesday morning.NWFP Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani strongly condemned the incident and termed it an attack on Pakistan's sovereignty. Earlier, Geo News correspondent Mushtaq Yousufzai tod four helicopters of coalition forces landed in Angaorada in the wee hours of Wednesday and started search operation.
