KABUL: A cross-border incident involving NATO and Pakistani forces
was quickly defused early on Wednesday with no loss of life, according
to Brig. Gen. Carsten Jacobson, the spokesman for the American-led
international coalition here.
It apparently involved heavy artillery fire across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Afghanistan’s Paktika province.
The
firing broke out at a time of Pakistani anger over the killing of 24 of
its soldiers in a United States air strike on Saturday.
However,
the official of Inter Services Public Relations (ISPR) said that the
report is concocted as no such incident has taken place. Online
