According to the AP and AFP, 11 Pakistani troops were killed during a US led airstike. The attack occurred late Tuesday night as NATO forces were engaged in a battle with the Taliban along the volatile Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The airstrike was conducted using unmanned drone an no coalition troops crossed the border into Pakistan.

A Pakistani Army spokesperson condemned the attack and called it "cowardly". The spokesperson also said that the attack undermined the cooperative efforts against the war on terror.

A Pentagon official said the airstrike was launched under rules that allow the coalition forces to cross over the border if they are in pursuit of the enemy. The coalition also said that they had issued a warning to the Pakistani Army that the strike was coming.

Coalition forces had also killed 15 Taliban militants during the fighting.

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