QUETTA, Feb 8: The authorities are investigating an incident in which a man was killed and two others injured allegedly by Nato and Afghan forces who had crossed into Pakistani territory in the Zhob district.
The incident reportedly occurred in Karez Qamaruddin village, a remote area along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border
Local people claimed that Nato and Afghan troops had crossed into Pakistani area and attacked Killi Haji Qamar early on Wednesday morning.
However, according to agency reports, Nato officials have denied the allegation and said that no Nato force was deployed in that area.
But a man claiming to have been injured in the attack said that Nato and Afghan soldiers had entered at least 600 meters inside Pakistani territory, adding that they were in three pick-up trucks and two armoured vehicles and they tried to search the village for Taliban and Al Qaeda suspects.
The man, Mohammad Khan, was talking to reporters in the Civil Hospital in Zhob. He said that the troops started firing on them when they refused to allow them to search their homes. He named the man killed in the firing as Mohammad Ismail.
He said that he and another man, Jalad Khan, had been injured.
He also accused Nato forces of kidnapping 11 villagers.
According to sources, the two injured men were initially taken to Zhob and were later taken to Dera Ismail Khan on Thursday.
The nazim of Zhob district, Maulvi Habibur Rehman, who was contacted by this correspondent over telephone, said that he did not have any information about the incident.
Provincial government’s spokesman Raziq Bugti confirmed the incident and said that it was being investigated. But he also said that members of the Suleman Khel tribes lived on both sides of the border and were involved in tribal feuds.
