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It is an incident with consequences: Western helicopter gunships to put Pakistani border soldiers under fire and killed three of them, the government finally reacted in Islamabad. It includes an important supply route towards Afghanistan, may not happen NATO convoys.
Islamabad - The dispute between Pakistan and NATO is getting worse. The occasion is a new incident in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The representations of what really happened to go, but apart.
DISPLAY
After Pakistan's information came in the use of two combat helicopters of the NATO in the Kurram tribal area of at least three soldiers of a paramilitary group killed and three others were injured. The men were used for border protection. Accordingly, the helicopter broke early Thursday morning in the airspace of the country and opened fire on an army checkpoint in the village of Teri Mangal. The battle had lasted 25 minutes, the news agency Reuters quoted a senior security official who declined to be named by name.
An ISAF spokesman is what happens to SPIEGEL ONLINE dar. other NATO soldiers had identified a group of insurgents, who fired into the border region with Afghanistan with mortars at a camp of the allies in the Afghan province of Paktia, "he said. "Our soldiers have requested air support, and after the first stage, the forces were in the air from the fact that the opponent is on Afghan soil." According to the soldiers involved were not the helicopters entered Pakistani territory. "But after we had informed the Pakistani military about the fact that their efforts have been made at the border and three soldiers were killed and three were injured, we will investigate the incident thoroughly," said the spokesman.
Torkham border crossing closed for NATO convoy
After the incident left the Pakistani authorities close the border crossing at Torkham, located in the neighboring Khyber tribal region. Via this route, much of the supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan will be delivered. A direct connection has not been confirmed but the government in Islamabad. The authorities had threatened a few days ago but so to grant NATO supply convoys unprotected, NATO should continue to carry out attacks on Pakistani soil. There is no reaction to the NATO action as yet.
In recent days there had always dispute between Pakistan and NATO for operations in the region where. On Friday, two NATO helicopters entered Pakistani territory, where they had killed 30 insurgents. NATO had given as a justification for the use, the insurgents Afghan checkpoints in the province of Khost attack you. On Saturday came with a similar use of four other militants were killed.
Pakistan had refused to tolerate such operations and then made the sovereignty of its territory claims. The government in Islamabad announced possible "reactions", it should repeat such attacks. NATO points out, however, that the stakes were covered by their mandate. Pakistan sees itself facing accusations over again, decided not to act against terrorists in their own country enough.
Angriffe im Grenzgebiet: Pakistan schließt Nachschubroute der Nato - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Politik
Islamabad - The dispute between Pakistan and NATO is getting worse. The occasion is a new incident in the border region between Pakistan and Afghanistan. The representations of what really happened to go, but apart.
DISPLAY
After Pakistan's information came in the use of two combat helicopters of the NATO in the Kurram tribal area of at least three soldiers of a paramilitary group killed and three others were injured. The men were used for border protection. Accordingly, the helicopter broke early Thursday morning in the airspace of the country and opened fire on an army checkpoint in the village of Teri Mangal. The battle had lasted 25 minutes, the news agency Reuters quoted a senior security official who declined to be named by name.
An ISAF spokesman is what happens to SPIEGEL ONLINE dar. other NATO soldiers had identified a group of insurgents, who fired into the border region with Afghanistan with mortars at a camp of the allies in the Afghan province of Paktia, "he said. "Our soldiers have requested air support, and after the first stage, the forces were in the air from the fact that the opponent is on Afghan soil." According to the soldiers involved were not the helicopters entered Pakistani territory. "But after we had informed the Pakistani military about the fact that their efforts have been made at the border and three soldiers were killed and three were injured, we will investigate the incident thoroughly," said the spokesman.
Torkham border crossing closed for NATO convoy
After the incident left the Pakistani authorities close the border crossing at Torkham, located in the neighboring Khyber tribal region. Via this route, much of the supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan will be delivered. A direct connection has not been confirmed but the government in Islamabad. The authorities had threatened a few days ago but so to grant NATO supply convoys unprotected, NATO should continue to carry out attacks on Pakistani soil. There is no reaction to the NATO action as yet.
In recent days there had always dispute between Pakistan and NATO for operations in the region where. On Friday, two NATO helicopters entered Pakistani territory, where they had killed 30 insurgents. NATO had given as a justification for the use, the insurgents Afghan checkpoints in the province of Khost attack you. On Saturday came with a similar use of four other militants were killed.
Pakistan had refused to tolerate such operations and then made the sovereignty of its territory claims. The government in Islamabad announced possible "reactions", it should repeat such attacks. NATO points out, however, that the stakes were covered by their mandate. Pakistan sees itself facing accusations over again, decided not to act against terrorists in their own country enough.
Angriffe im Grenzgebiet: Pakistan schließt Nachschubroute der Nato - SPIEGEL ONLINE - Nachrichten - Politik
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