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To: IQBAL LATIF who wrote (44922)	11/2/2003 6:42:34 PM
From: IQBAL LATIF	of 50167

Pak-Afghan troops exchange heavy fire MOHMAND AGENCY: After a silence of the last some weeks, Afghan and Pakistani troops exchanged firing of light and heavy arms for hours that ended at 9:30 am on Sunday. "The firing started at 8 pm on Saturday and continued for 13 hours in which light and heavy arms were used," local administration of the tribal agency revealed to NNI. Witnesses said that the Afghan military opened firing immediately after Isha prayers on Saturday. "The Afghan troops targeted three check-posts of Pakistan Army set up at Sapeena Bara, Yaqoobi and Gosarie," a highly placed source said while requesting anonymity. Pakistani troops, according to the local residents, demonstrated restraint for many hours of the continued firing from the Afghan side. However in the wee hours of Sunday, the Pakistani troops responded in a befitting manner so that by 9:30 am the Afghan guns fell silent, the source added. As many as eight Afghan troops were seen injured "as they were seen being carried away by their comrades for medical aid", the witnesses said.

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