NATO Shells Taliban in Pakistan

It seems like NATO is starting to see that if you need a job done then you need to do it yourself. On a side note, the New York times can't decide whether the taliban are "guerrillas", "insurgents" or "militants". If it quacks like a terrorist, walks like a terrorist well then it's a terrorist. New York Times

NATO forces in Afghanistan shelled guerrillas in Pakistan in two separate episodes on Sunday, as escalating insurgent violence appeared to be eroding the alliance’s restraint along the border.

NATO officials said they had retaliated against rocket and artillery attacks launched by militants from sanctuaries across the border in Pakistan, where they operate freely. The insurgents’ attacks, launched into Khost and Paktika Provinces, killed four Afghan civilians, at least two of them children, Afghan and NATO officials said. Casualty figures for Pakistan were not available.

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Relations between the governments of Pakistan and Afghanistan were already extraordinarily tense. American and Afghan officials say the surging violence in Afghanistan is in large part caused by the sanctuaries that militants enjoy in Pakistan. Hundreds, perhaps thousands, have assembled in Pakistan, most of them in the area along the remote and mountainous frontier where the government exercises no authority.

In those sanctuaries, the militants are free to train, regroup and plan new attacks in Afghanistan. American and NATO commanders have expressed frustration at the violence caused by the militants who cross from Pakistan, but they have so far been refused permission to conduct military operations there.

Northwestern Pakistan is defacto taliban terroritory. There is no need to ask Pakistan for permission to attack the taliban. Whatever happened to the Bush doctrine, "You're either with us or against us"?