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ROD NORDLAND
A cross-border incident involving NATO and Pakistani forces was quickly defused Wednesday with no loss of life,according to Brig. Gen. Carsten Jacobson,spokesman for US-led international coalition here.
Few details of the incident were available but it involved heavy artillery fire across the Afghanistan-Pakistan border in Afghanistans Paktika province. The firing broke out at a time of Pakistani anger over the killing of 24 of its soldiers in a US airstrike Saturday.
In the latest border incident,General Jacobson said it was reassuring that normal channels of cooperation and communication had been opened to resolve the issue. We havent got the details yet but the most important thing is the normal methods of cooperation worked and there were no casualties,no damage despite heavy firing, he said.
Meanwhile,brushing aside appeals from the West,Pakistan Wednesday stuck to its decision to boycott a Bonn meet on Afghanistan. Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said the attack had crossed red lines.
