US-led forces alleged involved in Pakistan attack

DERA ISMAIL KHAN, Pakistan - At least 15 people, including women and children, were killed in an attack involving U.S.-led forces in a remote Pakistani village near the border with Afghanistan, officials and a resident said Wednesday.

The U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan said it had no report of such an incursion into Pakistan, said to have occurred in the militant-infested South Waziristan tribal region. Pakistan's army confirmed an attack but did not specify if it believed foreign troops were involved.

The U.S. and Pakistan, allies in the war on terror, have had tensions over cross-border attacks, including suspected American missile strikes in Pakistani territory. In one high-profile incident earlier this year, Pakistan said 11 of its soldiers died when U.S. aircraft bombed their border post.

Pakistan army spokesman Maj. Murad Khan told The Associated Press that the military believed that 15 people, including women and children, died in the pre-dawn attack near Angoor Ada, a town in the South Waziristan tribal agency.

Khan provided no details and said the army was still investigating..........