PESHAWAR: Security officials said on Tuesday that five people were killed and two wounded by NATO cross-border fire from Afghanistan in the third such incident in days. They said members of the US-led ISAF in the eastern Afghan province of Khost shelled Matta Sanga town close to the border early on Monday. “Five people were killed and two injured in the shelling by NATO-led forces,” a security official told AFP. A Pakistani government official in the region said the casualties were “all civilians”. A military official also confirmed the incident. ISAF spokeswoman Major Sunset Belinsky confirmed “an engagement by ISAF helicopters against insurgent forces” on the border on Monday. “According to current reports the helicopters did not enter Pakistan’s airspace. ISAF forces attempted to contact the Pakistan military prior to the engagement, but were unable to make contact,” Belinsky said. Pakistan on Monday denounced cross-border airstrikes by NATO helicopters pursuing terrorists as a violation of its sovereignty after ISAF said it killed more than 30 'rebels' on Friday. afp
Courtesy www.dailytimes.com.pk
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