Pakistan: Friend or Foe?
WASHINGTON -- For the third time in one week NATO aircraft have crossed the border from Afghanistan into Pakistan and carried out strikes against enemy forces in what NATO and Pentagon officials have described as acts of self defense. But in a strike that occurred early Thursday morning in a area of Pakistan near Afghanistan's Paktiya province, NATO helicopters killed 3 Pakistani soldiers they mistook for enemy ... read more























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September 21, 2010 8:03 AM
Helicopter Crashes in Afghanistan Killing 9 U.S. Troops
KABUL- Nine US troops were killed Tuesday after a coalition helicopter crashed in Southern Afghanistan. According to a NATO statement, three other people, including one US civilian, were also injured in the crash. Today’s deaths bring the total of international troops killed this year in Afghanistan to 529 according to iCasualites.org – the most in one year ... read more