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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has lodged a strong protest with US-led forces in Afghanistan after a cross-border firing incident over the weekend in which killed eight were people.

US authorities had denied their troops were involved in the firing in North Waziristan on Saturday, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Tasnim Aslam told a regular briefing on Monday. Although Pakistan did not know who was behind the firing, US-led forces were responsible for the area, she said. "We have also lodged a strong protest with the coalition forces in Afghanistan," she said. "We have protested to the coalition forces because they are responsible for security on the other side".

Tasnim Aslam confirmed that eight people had been killed. Pakistani authorities were also investigating reports from residents that a foreign helicopter had landed on the Pakistani side of the border on Saturday, she said.