30 killed as 2 NATO helicopters strike inside Pakistan
08:55, 27 September 2010
ISLAMABAD. September 27. KAZINFORM At least 30 people were killed as two NATO helicopters struck inside Pakistan in its northwest tribal area bordering Afghanistan in the wee hours of Monday, reported local media Express; Kazinform refers to Xinhua.
According to the report, the Afghanistan-based NATO helicopters fired at the militants hiding in the Pakistani side who earlier launched an attack at a NATO check post in the Khost area of Afghanistan. But the report failed to say when the check post was attacked by the militants.
Most of the people killed in the incident were believed to be militants; Kazinform cites Xinhua.
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