Islamabad: US and Afghan forces reportedly attacked a Pakistani Army border post in the North Waziristan region and took away a shepherd for questioning.
Local daily The News said in a report from Miranshah, headquarters of North Waziristan Agency, that Afghan and coalition forces have carried out an attack on a Pakistani security post.
The daily quoted local officials as saying that Kunar army post was attacked with 12.7 machine guns in Saturday night.
However, no loss of life or damage to property was reported in the attack. Pakistani forces apparently did not retaliate and it was possible the target were fighters either crossing into Afghanistan's Paktika province or North Waziristan.
Quoting eyewitnesses the report said Afghan and US military personnel held a local tribal shepherd, Sher Ali and took him to a US base on the other side of the border in Paktika.
"There were 16 US troops and several Afghan army soldiers who came in four vehicles and put Sher Ali in their vehicle and took him to Afghanistan," explained a local tribesman.
He said since there was no border line between the two neighbouring countries, it was possible that the tribal shepherd mistakenly crossed into Afghanistan and was thus caught by the troops.
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