Pakistan–United States skirmishes
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The border skirmishes between the United States and Pakistan were the military engagements and confrontations between Pakistan and the United States that took place along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border from late 2008 to late 2012 resulting in the deaths of 55 Pakistani personnel with a unknown number of U.S. casualties. These incidents involved the U.S. Forces-Afghanistan Command and ISAF forces, who had been present in Afghanistan fighting Taliban and al-Qaeda insurgency, and the unified Western military command of the Pakistan Armed Forces against one another in a series of skirmishes that ceased shortly after the 2011 NATO attack in Pakistan. The two sides ultimately made peace and continued collaboration operations against insurgent groups in Pakistan following an official, however brief, apology from then-U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton on 3 July 2012 over the loss of life suffered by the Pakistani military.
Pakistan-United States skirmishes | |||||
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Part of the War in Afghanistan | |||||
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Belligerents | |||||
United States Afghanistan | Pakistan | ||||
Commanders and leaders | |||||
Barack Obama Leon Panetta David Petraeus John R. Allen Mike Mullen Tommy Franks Stanley A. McChrystal |
Yousaf Raza Gillani Asif Ali Zardari Hina Rabbani Khar Ashfaq Pervez Kiani Shamim Wynne Nouman Bashir Rao Suleman Masood Aslam | ||||
Units involved | |||||
ISAF Coalition Forces USAF Afghan Command U.S. Forces–Afghanistan NATO Afghanistan Mission CST Afghan Command | |||||
Casualties and losses | |||||
Unknown | 55 |