U.S. Says Pakistani Guard Shot Soldier in Afghanistan

An American soldier wounded in the head during a border patrol on Sunday was shot by a Pakistan border guard, and the United States responded by calling in a coalition plane that bombed the area, the United States military said today.

The Pakistani guard was part of a unit cooperating with American forces on border control. It was not clear why he opened fire, but it appears he strayed over the border into Afghanistan.

When the American patrol ordered him to move back into Pakistan, he retreated with several others to the cover of a building and opened fire, grazing the American soldier’s head, said a statement from the press center at the United States air base at Bagram, north of Kabul.

The American patrol called in air cover after the shooting, and a coalition plane dropped a 500-pound bomb on the area, according to the statement. NY Times

Another example of striking ineptitude — on someone or other’s part — in the WoT®. Not clear from this depiction if the Pakistanis fired because they were miffed at being ordered to retreat by US forces, or mistaking the identities of the Americans as hostiles, or whether they were really ‘cooperating’ with American forces at all. Both US and Pakistani sources say no, but are the hearts of at least some of the Pakistani security forces with the Taliban? And what’s up with responding with a bombing run? At least two Pakistanis were killed, it is said…