From the WTF Files....NATO/Afghan Forces Attack Pakistani Troops At Border Check Point, 3 Afghans Killed, 2 Pakistanis Wounded

I am still trying to figure this article out from DAWN where there is the claim that NATO and Afghan forces attacked a security checkpoint at the Afghanistan/Pakistan border with the end result of three Afghan troops being killed and two Pakistani security personnel being wounded. I'm not sure if we have AP and Dawn News reporters high on something or if indeed this indeed happened.

According to the story:

Two Pakistani personnel were wounded when Afghan and Nato forces attacked the Pakistani border check post in South Waziristan’s Angoor Adda area on Wednesday, DawnNews reported.

Pakistani security forces retaliated the attack on the Pak-Afghan border and three Afghan soldiers were killed as a result.

Exchange of fire at the site of the clash was ongoing between Pakistani and Afghan forces.

However, no official statement confirming the incident was issued by the government.

Moreover, an AP report quoted officials as saying that Afghan and Pakistan forces traded artillery fire in two places along the border.

Now, we have seen some isolated incidents of trading artillery fire between the Pakistanis and the Afghans over the years but I do not recall ever before seeing a claim of an actual attack on a Pakistani checkpoint. At the same time, I think this claim in the article that NATO forces were involved is bullshit.

This might be some Pakistani reporter who has some nationalistic hair up his ass or a tender spot for the Taliban trying to just stir things up but obviously, if we DO have NATO forces in a firefight with Pakistani troops, it's pretty darn big news.

Nato, Afghan forces attack Pakistani check post; two wounded


PESHAWAR: Two Pakistani personnel were wounded when Afghan and Nato forces attacked the Pakistani border check post in South Waziristan’s Angoor Adda area on Wednesday, DawnNews reported.

Pakistani security forces retaliated the attack on the Pak-Afghan border and three Afghan soldiers were killed as a result.

Exchange of fire at the site of the clash was ongoing between Pakistani and Afghan forces.

However, no official statement confirming the incident was issued by the government.

Moreover, an AP report quoted officials as saying that Afghan and Pakistan forces traded artillery fire in two places along the border.

In one incident, a Pakistani official said two soldiers were wounded on Wednesday in the Angoor Adda.

Villager Ahmadullah Wazir said several shops were damaged.

Separately, Pakistani officials and Afghan military official Abdul Rahman said that border guards exchanged fire in North Waziristan late on Tuesday. No injuries were reported.

The incidents appear unrelated. The Pakistani officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to talk to the media.

Afghan and Pakistan forces occasionally trade fire but the incidents rarely escalate or have diplomatic consequences.