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Pakistan fired on rebels on Afghan border: Nato

AP, Islamabad
Pakistan fired on militants who attacked a Nato outpost on the Afghan border, the alliance said yesterday, an example of the cooperation seen as vital against the rising power of the Taliban and al-Qaeda
Relations between Pakistan and the US are under strain because of a wave of American missile strikes on militant strongholds in Pakistan, including one on Wednesday that the government condemned as a" grave provocation."
However, Nato and US officials say coordination between security forces along both sides of the mountainous frontier between Afghanistan and Pakistan is improving.
A statement from the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force said insurgents hit one of its remote bases and a nearby .Afghan border checkpoint with rockets in the eastern province of Paktika on Tiiesday.
'After the attacks, Isaf contacted the Pakistani military for support. The Pakistani military then launched a
mortar strike on the insurgents' firing location inside Pakistan," it said.
There were no reports of Nato of Pakistani casualties. Nato didn't mention any militant losses.
Pakistani military officials were not immediately available for comment.
However, die army released a brief statement from Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani urging an end to the missile strikes.
Addressing Nato defence chiefs in Brussels on Wednesday, Kayani "highlighted the need to reinforce Pakistan's effort and operate in a coordinated manner within respective national boundaries,' the statement said.
According to Pakistani officials, at least two missiles destroyed a house in Pakistan's Bannu district before dawn onWednesday.
Bannu adjoins North Waziristan, part of the tribal belt where Pakistan's government has little control and which is considered a possible hiding place for al-Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden.
Pakistani officials said they were
investigating whether an al-Qaeda member identified as Abdullah Azam al-Saudi and other militants were among about six people killed.
Villagers and a local lawmaker insisted all were civilians, though provide no details on the victims’ identity.
fhe United States has staged some 20 missile strikes and at least one commando assault inside Pakistan since August, a barrage seen as a sign of Washington's frustration with the inability of its nuclear-armed ally to curb militants blamed for rising attacks in Afghanistan.
Pakistan's government complains that the attacks fan already widespread anti-American sentiment in Pakistan and undermine its own growing efforts to combat militants.
However, the country relies heavily on US financial aid and has not gone beyond voicing criticism. Some experts question whether the leadership secretly condones the attacks while speaking out publicly against them something the government denies.