Karzai Threatens to Send Troops Into Pakistan

He said in a news conference Sunday that the fact that Pakistani militants cross into Afghanistan to attack gives Afghanistan the right to destroy terrorist hideouts across the border.

Troops from both Pakistan and Afghanistan, as well as U.S.-led and NATO forces based in Afghanistan, have been fighting Taliban militants in the border region.

Wednesday, Pakistani officials said 11 Pakistani soldiers were killed by U.S. forces after Afghan troops crossed the border and tried to occupy a paramilitary post, triggering an outbreak of fighting between the two sides.

Pakistan says the United States then launched an "unprovoked and cowardly" air strike that killed the soldiers. But the United States says it was attacking Taliban militants in the area and said Pakistan had been informed of the impending strike.

Some information for this report was provided by AFP, AP. - VOA NEWS