Afghan and the U.S.-led coalition forces killed over 12 Taliban militants along Afghan-Pak border, a coalition statement said Sunday.
Some militants attacked an observation post for one of the forces' military bases in the eastern Paktika province of Afghanistan on Saturday, the statement said.
After the Pakistani military gave permission to fire on the targets in Pakistan, the forces' counter fire batteries destroyed six confirmed insurgent firing sites, three on each side of the Afghan-Pak border, it added.
Observation posts in that area are attacked by insurgents on a regular basis due to their close proximity to the border and placement along a volatile region of the Afghan-Pak border, the statement said.
A coalition spokesman Vanessa R. Bowman said, "This incident demonstrates Pakistan is making significant contributions to the war on terror by denying safe haven to al-Qaeda and Taliban extremist fighters who try to hide in their country."
Afghanistan has been accusing Pakistan of not doing enough to fight terrorists on it soil, a claim flatly rejected by Pakistani authorities.
Source: Xinhua
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