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| Afghanistan |
| 12 Taliban fighters killed along Pakistan-Afghanistan border |
| 2007-08-27 |
| Twelve Taliban fighters were killed by artillery fire along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, officials said Sunday, as witnesses reported that 18 civilians died in a clash in the south. NATO officials, however, said no non-combatants were killed in the southern clash. Coalition and Afghan troops in eastern Paktika province were attacked by insurgents who used Pakistan's territory to fire rockets and mortar rounds toward a coalition observation post Saturday, a coalition statement said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 Coalition counter fire batteries destroyed the six confirmed insurgent firing sites, three on each side of the Pakistan/Afghanistan border. According to StrategyPage: There, the lack of government control has resulted in U.S. troops regularly crossing the border when pursuing Taliban or al Qaeda suspects. The troops are allowed to penetrate up to ten kilometers inside Pakistan. To go beyond that they need special permission. These missions are kept as quiet as possible, and always officially denied. The Pakistani government goes along with this because the people being pursued are fighting the Pakistani government as well. When U.S. troops cross the border, they do have to notify their headquarters, which then tells U.S. officials in the Pakistani capital (who, presumably, let the Pakistani government know). 10km outranges both the 82mm mortar and 107mm rocket but well within our artillery support. |
| Posted by: ed 2007-08-27 21:22 |
| #3 safe refugein Pakland?? I do not think those words mean what you think they mean |
| Posted by: Frank G 2007-08-27 20:53 |
| #2 Elements of the Afghan National Army and Coalition forces killed more than a dozen insurgents today with precision mortar and artillery fire after receiving enemy fire at an observation post southeast of Firebase Shkin, Paktika province. After observing Taliban fighters firing mortars and rockets from multiple positions on both sides of the Pakistan/Afghanistan border, the ANA communicated with PakistanÂ’s military forces who confirmed that three of the insurgent mortar sites were on their side of the border and were not in populated areas. The Pakistani military gave permission for the Afghan National Security Forces to fire on the targets located within Pakistan. Coalition counter fire batteries destroyed the six confirmed insurgent firing sites, three on each side of the Pakistan/Afghanistan border. No civilians were reported injured during the engagement. Fire Base ShkinÂ’s observation posts are attacked by the insurgents on a regular basis due to their close proximity to the border and placement along a volatile region of the Afghanistan/Pakistan border. Credible intelligence suggests that the attacks are conducted by insurgents who fire rockets and then return to Pakistan. |
| Posted by: Chuck Simmins 2007-08-27 20:11 |
| #1 12 Talis and family members flocking together easing on down to Allan's Snackbar. |
| Posted by: wxjames 2007-08-27 13:36 |