"After observing that only insurgents were in the area, the local Isaf commander ordered air strikes which destroyed the fuel trucks and killed a large number of insurgents.
'The majority of civilian casualties in Afghanistan have been caused by Taliban suicide bombs and roadside bombs.' US Air Force Major John Thomas said that, after a long skirmish and under constant fire from the Taliban, troops of Isaf (the International Security Assistance Force), called for close air force support during an operation in Helmand, where the Taliban have been resurgent this year.
The police called for air support, and the International Security Assistance Force, or ISAF, as the American-led coalition forces are known, responded with airstrikes and medical evacuation for the wounded, local officials said.
As a consequence, Pakistan has closed supply routes used by the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) and barred the US from using a Pakistani air base to launch drones.
The NATO-led International Security Assistance Force, known as ISAF, said in a statement that it worked with Afghanistan's fledgling air force to rescue more than 2,000 Afghans from flooding in Nangarhar and Kunar Provinces — in some cases flying into insurgent areas to save people.
"The force required defensive air support to suppress the enemy fire from two compounds," ISAF said in a statement.
A spokesman for Nato's International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) said it was "highly likely" that aircraft which had been called into the area to provide "close air support" to troops on the ground was responsible for causing casualties among the Pakistani soldiers.
The "initial laboratory test of multiple air, water and material samples were negative for any organic compounds such as poisons or other toxic material," an Isaf spokesman said.
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12/31 First International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) troops arrive in Kabul.
