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| Pakistan clash kills US soldier | Pakistan clash kills US soldier |
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| A US soldier has been shot dead after meeting Pakistani troops at a town near the Afghan border, Pakistan's military spokesman has said. | A US soldier has been shot dead after meeting Pakistani troops at a town near the Afghan border, Pakistan's military spokesman has said. |
| A Pakistani soldier also died in the shooting, Maj Gen Waheed Arshad said. He blamed the attack on militants. | A Pakistani soldier also died in the shooting, Maj Gen Waheed Arshad said. He blamed the attack on militants. |
| He denied an Afghan government claim that a Pakistani officer had opened fire on the visiting group of US and Afghan soldiers. | He denied an Afghan government claim that a Pakistani officer had opened fire on the visiting group of US and Afghan soldiers. |
| The soldiers were meeting to discuss weekend fighting along the border. | The soldiers were meeting to discuss weekend fighting along the border. |
| Afghan and Pakistani troops traded gunfire across the border, leaving several people dead, some of them civilians. | |
| Tensions between the two neighbours are high, with Afghanistan frequently accusing the Pakistanis of failing to prevent infiltration by Taleban fighters. | |
| Conflicting accounts | |
| US and Afghan troops crossed the border into Pakistan on Monday to discuss the unrest with their Pakistani counterparts. | |
| According to Maj Gen Arshad of the Pakistani military, their convoy was attacked as they left the meeting in the north-western town of Teri Mangal. | |
| "We don't know who fired. We have ordered an inquiry. We have cordoned off the area," Maj Gen Arshad said. | |
| He said several US and Pakistani soldiers had been hurt by gunfire. | |
| However, an Afghan defence ministry spokesman, Zahir Azimi, said firing had broken out during the meeting. | |
| "At the meeting, a Pakistani officer rose up and fired at US soldiers, resulting in the deaths of two soldiers and the wounding of two others," he said. | |
| He said casualties were evacuated by US helicopter. | |
| Maj Gen Arshad denied the Afghan account. | |
| A spokesman for the US military at Bagram air base in Afghanistan said US authorities were trying to establish exactly what had happened. |