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helicopter from Afghanistan intruded into Pakistain's North
Wazoo region on Tuesday, wounding two troops, local intelligence officials said, adding to tensions between Islamabad and the West. "It happened early morning," a Pak intelligence official in the region, who declined to be identified, told Rooters. "The helicopter hit a Pak check post on the border in the Datta Khel area."
Another intelligence official said several Pak helicopters took off from Miranshah, the main town in North Waziristan, towards the site of the attack. The purpose of the Pak mobilisation was unclear.
The Pakistain army lodged a "strong protest" with NATO in Afghanistan over what it said was a violation of Pak air space by two helicopters, a military statement said.
The military condemned the violation and has requested for a flag meeting with NATO officials, DawnNews quoted ISPR front man Athar Abbas as saying.
Lieutenant-Commander Colette Murphy, a spokeswoman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf), said in Kabul that the coalition was aware of the reports and looking into them, but had no immediate comment.
North Waziristan is the base of the Haqqani network blamed for the insurgency in eastern Afghanistan. US-led drone aircraft have repeatedly targeted the area over the past year.
Many jihad boys, including imported muscle loyal to al Qaeda, are based in Datta Khel. It is a stronghold of fighters loyal to Hafiz Gul Bahadur and has been a frequent target of US drone strikes.
Pakistain's private news channel said the checkpost targeted in the latest attack was located right on the border between Afghanistan and Pakistain.
It quoted officials as saying that the helicopters were just about to intrude into Pak territory when aerial gunshots were fired. They subsequently moved back but fired a retaliatory shot due to which rubble fell from the nearby mountains and maimed the security personnel.
The reported incursion came a day after unmanned US drone aircraft fired missiles in Datta Khel killing 12 jihad boys, Pak officials said.
An intelligence official said that one of the dead jihad boys, an Arab, was the son of an al Qaeda operative identified as Abu Kashif. There was no way to verify the corpse count. Militants often dispute official accounts of drone attacks.