Afghan and foreign forces are reported to have crossed into Pakistan in pursuit of undisclosed targets as a military offensive appears to be spilling across the border.
The military operation started on Thursday in the Datta Khel region of Pakistan’s Waziristan province, Al Jazeera’s Kamal Hyder said.
“Some kind of military operation is under way on the Afghan side of the border and local tribal sources have said that there is intense fighting happening close to the Pakistan side of the border,” Hyder reporting from Islamabad, said.
“A skirmish was said to have taken place in bordering Afghanistan with Taliban fighters who then tried to penetrate into Pakistan.
“Local media also said that a major offensive might be on the way on the Afghan side possibly over Taliban targets.”
“Some kind of military operation is under way on the Afghan side of the border and local tribal sources have said that there is intense fighting happening close to the Pakistan side of the border,” Hyder reporting from Islamabad, said.
“A skirmish was said to have taken place in bordering Afghanistan with Taliban fighters who then tried to penetrate into Pakistan.
“Local media also said that a major offensive might be on the way on the Afghan side possibly over Taliban targets.”
Denial
Pakistani military officials said the reports were baseless.
Our correspondent said that it was not yet clear as to whether the skirmish was an operation aimed at targets inside Pakistan.
“The Pakistani military does not have any joint operations on its territory nor does it get involved on the Afghan side of the border, so it would appear that this is an Afghan, American, Nato operation going under way on the Afghan side of the border,” he said.
“Whenever these operations take place so close to the border areas, there is confused because there is not light, it is night time so its very difficult to know what is going on.”
Source: Al Jazeera
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