NATO targets Afghan border after coming under fire from Pakistan
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Kabul, June 22, IRNA
Afghan-Pakistan-Border Tension
NATO forces launched artillery strikes across the Afghan border at attackers who fired at them from Pakistan.
Officials also reported the deaths of five Afghan civilians, four of them in a rocket attack apparently aimed at a NATO air base near the mountainous frontier.
NATO statement said its forces determined the rounds were fired from inside Pakistan and returned artillery fire "in self-defense".
Afghan and US officials blame surging violence in Afghanistan in part on efforts by the new Pakistani government to make peace with militants on its side of the mountainous frontier.
Cross-border military relations were further strained when US warplanes apparently bombed a Pakistani border post in the Mohmand tribal region earlier this month, killing 11 Pakistani troops.
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