{"id":803,"date":"2010-09-27T12:44:00","date_gmt":"2010-09-27T12:44:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/wp3\/?p=803"},"modified":"2010-09-27T12:44:00","modified_gmt":"2010-09-27T12:44:00","slug":"us-copters-kill-30-inside-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sunnionline.us\/english\/2010\/09\/27\/803\/","title":{"rendered":"US copters kill 30 inside Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"margin-left: 5px; float: right;\" alt=\"apachehe\" src=\"images\/stories\/news\/apachehe.jpg\" width=\"283\" height=\"210\" \/>WASHINGTON: US attack helicopters have killed more than 30 people inside Pakistan, diplomatic sources told Dawn on Sunday. US military sources say that all 30 \u2013 killed during a hot pursuit on Friday \u2013 were Haqqani Network fighters.<\/div>\n<p>  <!--more-->  <\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: justify;\">The militants, the sources said, had attacked Combat Outpost Narizah, an Afghan base eight miles from the Pakistani border in Tani district of Khost.<br \/>US forces repelled the attack and pursued the militants to their post just across the border in North Waziristan.<br \/> \u201cAn air weapons team in the area observed the enemy fire, and following Inter-national Security Assistance Force rules of engagement, crossed into the area of enemy fire,\u201d the International Security Assistance Force stated in a press release.<br \/> \u201cThe Isaf aircraft then engaged, killing more than 30 insurgents.\u201d<br \/>Isaf confirmed that the helicopters struck at the Haqqani Network fighters in Pakistan.<br \/>The attack helicopters launched their attack \u201cafter following the proper rules of engagement under inherent right of self-defence,\u201d Master Sergeant Matthew Summers, a public affairs official, told reporters.<br \/>On Saturday, Isaf launched a second attack against the Haqqani Network, after taking fire in the border area. \u201cSeveral additional insurgents\u201d were killed in that attack.<br \/>The assault on Combat Outpost Narizah is the sixth against outposts in eastern Afghanistan since the end of August.<br \/>The US claims that the Haqqani Network is based near Miramshah in North Waziristan, and has close ties to Al Qaeda and other Pakistani and Central Asian militant groups.<br \/>US officials say that Isaf forces are permitted to pursue Taliban forces across the border if they are engaged in fighting or are under attack.<br \/>They said that US and Pakistani military commanders have agreed to a set of rules for hot pursuit, which says that US forces must be engaged with the Taliban or Al Qaeda as they cross into Pakistan.<br \/>US forces, however, not penetrate more than six miles into Pakistani territory.<br \/>But they can go deeper inside Pakistan if they identify the location of Osama bin Laden, Ayman al Zawahri, or Mullah Omar.<br \/>Pakistan denies having such an agreement while US officials refuse to offer on the record comments on this issue.<\/p>\n<p><em>Source: DAWN<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON: US attack helicopters have killed more than 30 people inside Pakistan, diplomatic sources told Dawn on Sunday. 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