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Coalition forces intrude into Pak territory: reports

IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency

Islamabad, May 5, IRNA -- US-led coalition forces intruded into 
Pakistani territory and searched a number of shops before moving back 
to Afghanistan on Monday evening, press reports said Wednesday. 
The daily Dawn reported that as many as 60 coalition soldiers in 
four Humve trucks intruded about two kilometers inside Pakistani 
territory, about 90 kilometers away from the regional headquarters of 
the North Waziristan Agency, a tribal locality. 
The forces reportedly searched shops in the market and broke open 
the lock of a closed shop, before moving back into the Paktika area of
Afghanistan. 
The armed forces spokesman offered no comments about the 
intrusion. 
"The version given out by the political authorities is fine. We 
are collecting details about the incident," said Inter-Services Public
Relations Director-General Major General Shaukat Sultan, after the 
daily contacted him for comments. 
This is the second deep intrusion by coalition forces following 
a threat (later retracted) made by US Envoy to Afghanistan Zalmay 
Khalilzad in recent days. 
The newspaper had reported a similar intrusion last week wherein 
personnel of the US-led coalition had distributed leaflets calling 
for payment of a reward on any information about Taliban and Al-Qaeda 
provided to them. 
The Pakistan government has made it abundantly clear that foreign 
troops would not be allowed to hunt down terrorists on Pakistani 
soil, saying its forces were capable of dealing with terrorists. 
Islamabad shares a long, porous border with Afghanistan. Some 
reports have hinted at the possibility of remnants of the Taliban and 
Al-Qaeda operating in villages adjacent to this border. 
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