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'Fifteen killed' in Pakistan raid Deadly 'foreign raid' in Pakistan
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Officials and witnesses in north-west Pakistan say at least 15 people have been killed in an attack involving US-led forces from Afghanistan. Foreign troops based in Afghanistan have attacked targets inside north-west Pakistan, killing at least 15 people, witnesses and officials say.
The governor of North West Frontier Province called it an "outrageous" assault on Pakistan's sovereignty.
The attack is said to have involved helicopters in the tribal area of South Waziristan, close to the Afghan border.The attack is said to have involved helicopters in the tribal area of South Waziristan, close to the Afghan border.
The US-led coalition in Afghanistan told the Associated Press that it had no report of any such incident. US-led and Nato forces said they had no reports of any such incursion. Border tensions have risen in recent weeks.
Security has deteriorated sharply in recent weeks along the Pakistani border with Afghanistan. The BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad says the US occasionally launches air strikes against militant targets in Pakistan's border region, sometimes in co-ordination with the Pakistani army.
There is mounting US pressure on the Pakistani government to crack down on militants, who use the border region to launch raids into Afghanistan. But a raid by ground troops would be rare. It is not clear who the target of any attack might have been.
The Afghan government and Nato say that the border region is a haven for al-Qaeda and Taleban militants. Pakistan says it is doing all it can to curb militancy. 'Cowardly'
The BBC's Dilawar Khan Wazir says witnesses told him Nato troops in three helicopters landed in the Musa Nikeh area, located on the border with Afghanistan, at about 0300 (2100 GMT). Locals say three helicopter gunships dropped international troops in the Musa Nikeh area of South Waziristan, located on the border with Afghanistan, overnight.
Most people in the area were awake at this early hour because of the fasting month of Ramadan. They say the soldiers killed more than a dozen people with gunfire and bombs, including women and children.
Some of the troops entered the house of a local tribesman, opened fire and then lobbed a bomb in the house, witnesses said. "Troops came in helicopters and carried out action in three houses," Gul Nawaz, a shopkeeper, told Reuters news agency.
They said at least nine bodies had been recovered from the debris. They included two women and two children. Witnesses told the BBC Urdu service that troops entered the house of a local tribesman, opened fire and then lobbed a bomb in the house.
The witnesses said the family was not known for links with militants. They said at least nine bodies had been recovered from the debris. The witnesses said the family was not known for links with militants.
North West Frontier Province (NWFP) Governor Owais Ahmed Ghani, who is in administrative charge of the tribal areas, put the death toll higher.
A statement condemned what he called a "cowardly" attack by coalition commandos.
"At least 20 innocent citizens of Pakistan, including women and children, were martyred," it said.
"It is outrageous... This is a direct assault on the sovereignty of Pakistan."
Pakistan's army has confirmed an attack but says it is still investigating the details.
Ramadan
There is mounting US pressure on Pakistan - a key ally in the "war on terror" - to crack down on militants, who use the border region to launch raids into Afghanistan.
The Afghan government and Nato say the border region is a haven for al-Qaeda and the Taleban. Pakistan says it is doing all it can to curb militancy.
On Monday, Pakistan's military suspended its operations against Taleban militants in the neighbouring Bajaur tribal area.On Monday, Pakistan's military suspended its operations against Taleban militants in the neighbouring Bajaur tribal area.
The government said this suspension of fighting was in honour of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan. The government said this suspension of fighting was to respect the fasting month of Ramadan.
Taleban spokesman Maulvi Omar welcomed the announcement, but he said militants would not lay down their arms.Taleban spokesman Maulvi Omar welcomed the announcement, but he said militants would not lay down their arms.