Shells From Pakistan Hit Afghan Bases, NATO Fires Back


	Shells From Pakistan Hit Afghan Bases, NATO Fires Back

RiotRanger

6-22-2008 4:26 AM

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nato, afghan, pakistan, southern-asia, war, artillery, retaliation, karzai, bases

RiotRanger says:

And here we go...In a straight line from Israel all the way across to Pakistan; the entire region seems about to blow wide open.

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Pakistan landed in an Afghan army compound and close to an
international military base in Afghanistan on Saturday and NATO
forces returned fire, the alliance said.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=222248">"An ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) forward
operating base and an Afghan National Army compound in
northeastern Paktika province were attacked with indirect fire
from across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border today," an ISAF
statement said. No casualties were reported.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://wiredispatch.com/news/?id=222248"><P> Three artillery rounds landed near the ISAF base and three
rounds landed inside an Afghan army compound, it said. "ISAF
forces determined the origination of the rounds to be in
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