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| 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. |
| A Nato statement said one of its personnel had been killed but did not confirm the soldier's nationality. | |
| Maj Gen Arshad denied Afghan government claims a Pakistani officer opened fire on the visiting US and Afghan soldiers. | |
| Nato spokeswoman Lieutenant Colonel Maria Carl said she had little information about "who did it or anything else, other than that they received gunfire after leaving this border meeting". | |
| Besides the Nato fatality, the alliance said two of its soldiers and two civilian employees were injured in the incident. | |
| Border clashes | |
| Representatives of the two countries and Nato were meeting to try to calm tension after cross border clashes over the weekend, the BBC's Alastair Leithead reports from Afghanistan. | |
| The fighting had seen Afghan and Pakistani troops trading 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. | Tensions between the two neighbours are high, with Afghanistan frequently accusing the Pakistanis of failing to prevent infiltration by Taleban fighters. |
| US troops serving under the command of the Nato-led international peacekeeping force crossed the border into Pakistan on Monday to discuss the unrest with their Pakistani counterparts. Afghan troops went with them. | US troops serving under the command of the Nato-led international peacekeeping force crossed the border into Pakistan on Monday to discuss the unrest with their Pakistani counterparts. Afghan troops went with them. |
| 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. | 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. | "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. | He said several US and Pakistani soldiers had been hurt by gunfire. |
| However, an Afghan defence ministry spokesman, Zahir Azimi, said the US troops had been attacked by a Pakistani soldier. | However, an Afghan defence ministry spokesman, Zahir Azimi, said the US troops had been attacked by a Pakistani soldier. |
| "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. | "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. | He said casualties were evacuated by US helicopter. |
| Maj Gen Arshad rejected the Afghan account of the incident. | |