From Yahoo News:
PESHAWAR, Pakistan - U.S.-led coalition forces along the volatile Afghan border launched an airstrike that killed 11 Pakistani paramilitary troops, Pakistan's army said Wednesday. The military condemned it as an act of aggression within Pakistan's border that "hit at the very basis of cooperation" in the war on terrorism.
The incident late Tuesday followed a reported clash between Afghan forces and Taliban militants in the same area. The Taliban said eight of its fighters died in the skirmish.
The Pakistani army said the coalition airstrike hit a post of the paramilitary Frontier Corps and was a "completely unprovoked and cowardly act.
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News From Other Sources:
Afghan troops clash with the Taliban on the border -- Long War Journal
Did We Get Zawahiri? -- Strata-Sphere
Nato airstrike kills 11 Pakistani soldiers in 'cowardly and unprovoked attack' -- Times Online
Pakistan condemns "cowardly" U.S. attack; 11 dead -- Reuters
'US strike deaths' anger Pakistan -- BBC News
Pakistan's prickly foreign relations -- BBC News
Pakistan agents 'helping Taleban' -- BBC News
Pakistan and the Growing Threat of a Sharia Mini-State -- Counter Terrorism Blog
My Comment: It appears that Pakistani troops and/or their allies were assisting the Taliban when they were fleeing back into Pakistan. If this is the case, this supports the Rand Corp. report that Pakistan is supporting the Taliban.
Since elections earlier this year, the Pakistan Government is in transition. The new direction appears to be to appease the militants, and to give them the green light to go after coalition and Afghan forces in Afghanistan as well as resuming terrorism activities in Kashmir.
$10 billion dollars in American military aid to Pakistan may now find its way being pointed back at U.S. forces and its allies.
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