| NATO-led coalition forces in Afghanistan fired on a Pakistani check-post near the Afghan border on Monday, killing a paramilitary soldier and wounding two others, a military spokesman said. Maj-Gen Shaukat Sultan told Daily Times that Islamabad had lodged a strong protest with the coalition authorities for “mistakenly” firing on the Pakistani check-post near Shawal in North Waziristan. The Pakistani check-post was attacked at 2:55pm and the coalition forces told the Pakistani military establishment that the incident was the result of “similar fire from the direction” of the check-post, the army spokesman said. “A strong protest has been lodged with coalition authorities about the incident asking them to investigate the matter and take necessary steps to ensure that such incidents are not repeated in future,” a military statement read. Coalition forces have violated the international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the past, but this was the first time a soldier was killed. Official sources in Miranshah told Daily Times that three rockets were fired at the Frontier Corps-manned ‘Zoe Narai’ post overlooking Afghanistan’s Paktika province where Taliban militants are fighting the coalition forces. |