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         Pakistan Troops Cross Border to Rescue Wounded Afghan Soldier

   by Ayaz Gul

   In a demonstration of increased security cooperation, Pakistan's
   military says its troops crossed the border Tuesday and went 600 meters
   inside Afghanistan to rescue an Afghan soldier who was critically
   wounded in a firefight with "terrorists".

   The Pakistan military's media wing says "Afghan authorities requested
   for evacuation and treatment of [a] soldier, Pakistani troops quickly
   responding to [the] Afghan request evacuated injured soldier to a
   hospital" on the Pakistani side of the border. "

   The cross-border action took place in eastern Afghanistan opposite to
   the Pakistan tribal territory of Bajur and the Afghan solider is under
   treatment in hospital in Khar, the region's administrative center, the
   statement says.

   Afghan authorities have not yet commented on the incident.

   Taliban insurgents have recently increased attacks on Afghan security
   forces.

   Pakistan and Afghanistan have increased border security cooperation in
   recent months while political relations have expanded.  The two
   countries share 2400-kilometer mostly porous border.

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