Monday, October 17, 2011

U.S. And Afghan Forces Receiving Increasing Fire From Pakistan

More Attacks From Pakistan
Since Osama bin Laden was killed in early May, attacks in Afghanistan from across or near the border with Pakistan have increased sharply

Tensions Flare As G.I.’s Take Fire Out Of Pakistan -- New York Times

FORWARD OPERATING BASE SHARANA, Afghanistan — American and Afghan soldiers near the border with Pakistan have faced a sharply increased volume of rocket fire from Pakistani territory in the past six months, putting them at greater risk even as worries over the disintegrating relationship between the United States and Pakistan constrain how they can strike back.

Ground-to-ground rockets fired within Pakistan have landed on or near American military outposts in one Afghan border province at least 55 times since May, according to interviews with multiple American officers and data released in the past week. Last year, during the same period, there were two such attacks.

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My Comment: Pakistan's ISI and military have their fingerprints all over these attacks. Not surprisingly .... in response to the Pakistani government inability (or unwillingness) to stop these attacks .... some border areas are now being sealed by US/Afghan forces.

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