US-led coalition `mistaken" fire pounds Pak territory
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, March 20, IRNA - Helicopters of US-led coalition forces, engaged in operation against Taliban and al-Qaeda along Pak-Afghan border, have pounded Pakistani territory "mistakenly", a government official said Saturday. The coalition helicopters entered upto four kilometers in Spin Kanrey and Alawar Mandey area of North Waziristan tribal agency, bordering Afghanistan, Mehmood Shah, security chief of the federally administered tribal areas said. He said no one was injured in the incident, happened late Friday night. However, reports from Miranshah, the headquarters of North Waziristan, said that three tribesmen have been seriously wounded when US-led coalition gunship helicopters targeted a pick-up carrying local shopkeepers with machine-gun fire in Lawara Mandi locality of North Waziristan. The coalition forces are engaged in operation against Taliban and al-Qaeda men in Afghanistan eastern Paktika province. The three wounded persons belong to Madakhel tribe. They have been shifted to Miranshah hospital. According to reports from the area, the coalition helicopters raided the area late Friday night from 11:30 pm to 12:00 midnight and dropped around 15 bombs. Some bombs hit a local Ilyas Public School. AHM/TSH/214 End
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