Pakistani troops fire at NATO helicopter

Update: This was more than just a little firing incident. After Pakistani troops fired at two OH-58 reconnaissance helicopters, US and Pakistani ground troops then exchanged fire.
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Yahoo News

Two American OH-58 reconnaissance helicopters, known as Kiowas, were on a routine afternoon patrol in the eastern province of Khost when they received small-arms fire from a Pakistani border post, said Tech Sgt. Kevin Wallace, a U.S. military spokesman. There was no damage to aircraft or crew, officials said.

U.S. Central Command spokesman Rear Adm. Greg Smith said Pakistan and American ground troops exchanged fire after Pakistani forces shot at the helicopters.

He said a joint patrol of Americans and Afghan border police was moving about a mile and a half inside Afghanistan with the helicopters above them. The ground troops reported that Pakistani forces fired toward the helicopters and when they saw that happen, they fired off suppression rounds toward the hilltop.

An act of war. Pakistani troops fired at NATO helicopters patrolling the Afghan-Pakistani border. CBC

Pakistani troops have fired at NATO helicopters patrolling along eastern Afghanistan, according to a news release from the organization.

The International Security Assistance Force helicopters were fired at by small-arms from a Pakistan military checkpoint in the Tanai district near the Afghanistan border on Thursday, said the release. There were no causalities or damages to the helicopters.

The helicopters were conducting routine operations and did not cross into Pakistani airspace, said the release.

The shooting follows a number of alleged incursions into Pakistan in the border area in recent days.