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Afghanistan/South Asia
2nd attack on Pakistani post on Afghan border
2005-01-05
Tension on the Pakistani-Afghan border mounted with a second attack on a Pakistani security post in North Waziristan Agency in as many days prompting "appropriate response" from Pakistan's security forces. ISPR DG Major General Shaukat Sultan told Daily Times on Tuesday that there was unprovoked heavy fire from across the border from Afghanistan on Monday and Pakistani security forces gave a "befitting reply".

He said unidentified forces targeted a security post in the area where an unmanned US surveillance plane crashed on Sunday. The security forces were attacked when they were retrieving the spy plane's wreckage. One soldier died and three were injured in that attack. On Monday, Pakistani tribesmen told AFP the salvos might have caused a dozen casualties across the border in Afghanistan. Muhammad Ayub, the border security commander in Afghanistan's Khost province, said the Pakistanis started it. "Pakistani militia or army wanted to cross the border and enter Afghanistan so the local Afghan militia forces attacked the Pakistani militia. There were no reports of casualties," he said.
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