U.S. Fires Into Pakistan To Target Taliban
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BAGRAM AIR BASE, Afghanistan — American forces in Afghanistan have launched artillery rounds into Pakistan to strike Taliban fighters who attack remote American outposts, the commander of American forces in the region said yesterday. The use of the Waziristan area of Pakistan as a haven for Taliban and Al Qaeda fighters has become a greater irritant between Washington and Islamabad since Pakistan put in place a peace agreement there in September.
