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Shelling from Afghanistan injures three in North Waziristan: officials
[Dawn] At least four mortar shells were fired across the border from Afghanistan on Wednesday, injuring three people in Pakistain's troubled tribal region of North  Wazoo, security officials said.Dunno why they should be concerned. They don't control that area anyway. According the officials, the shells hit a residential compound located in Hasan Khel village, around 30 kilometres east of Miranshah ... headquarters of al-Qaeda in Pakistain and likely location of Ayman al-Zawahiri. The Haqqani network has established a ministatein centered on the town with courts, tax offices and lots of madrassas... , the main town in North Waziristan tribal region. Three people were reported to have been injured in the incident. Both Pakistain and Afghanistan have accused each other in the past of repeated shelling barrages across the poorly policed border. A senior Afghan army general visited Pakistain earlier this month to discuss the issue of cross-border shelling, which has soured relations between the two neighbours. The two countries share a common 2,400-kilometre mountainous border, and Taliban and other al Qaeda-linked beturbanned goons are known to have carved out strongholds on either side. Posted by: Fred 2012-10-18 |
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