London, Oct 10 : The British Pakistani community has expressed concern over NATO-led forces’ attacks inside Pakistani territory and asked the organisation to refrain from such actions.

British Member of Parliament Lord Nazir Ahmad expressed the concern in a letter to NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.

Ahmad said in the letter that American and NATO forces continued to infringe on Pakistan’s sovereignty by carrying out attacks through missiles and helicopter gunships in North Waziristan.

Karachi, Oct 10: Pakistan's permanent representative to the United Nations, Abdullah Hussain Haroon, has suggested the formation of a joint border force of Pakistani and NATO forces, under the command of Army Chief General Ashfaq Kiyani to increase co-ordination to curb terrorist activities along the Pak-Afghan border.

"General Kiyani should be given the supreme command of this border force. It will help end the misunderstanding and tension between the NATO and Pakistani forces, improve co-ordination between the two forces on action against terrorists and can save lives of many innocent people in the Tribal Areas of our country," he said.

Khost, Afghanistan - Less than six hours after a helicopter drops a combined US and Afghan army patrol by the mountain border with Pakistan, Islamic insurgents surround and pound the unit into disarray.

The surprise attack from forested slopes around the troops' positions lasts 20 minutes, during which they are pinned down and barely able to hit back, such is the intensity of the barrage of fire. Then abrupt silence replaces the crash and rattle of rocket-propelled grenades and small arms.

"They know to pull back before air support can arrive," said Sergeant Ryan Hendricks of the 2-506 Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, as he positions the two dozen soldiers against any attempt to directly storm the hilltop they are holding.

Tani, Afghanistan - Within clear sight of a Pakistani military observation post, Taliban insurgents launch a ferocious barrage of fire against two dozen US and Afghan army troops perched on a tiny frontier hilltop.

Caught off-guard by the mid-afternoon attack, the unit must weather a 20-minute onslaught with rocket-propelled grenades, machine-guns and automatic rifles until helicopter gunships come to its aid.

Kabul- More than 30 militants were killed in various clashes with Afghan and international forces across Afghanistan in recent days, military sources said Thursday.

Additionally, 10 civilians were killed by suspected gunfire from Taliban militants.

In the latest incident, eight Taliban militants, including their district level commander, were killed in Andar district of southern Ghazni province on Wednesday night, Abdul Rahim Desiwal, district administrative chief, said.

Budapest - NATO defence ministers were Thursday locked in tricky discussions over how best to help the Afghan authorities crack down on the country's illegal drugs industry, whose proceeds are in part used by the Taliban to finance the insurgency.

Speaking ahead of a two-day meeting in Budapest, Afghan Defence Minister Abdel Rahim Wardak said he would ask the alliance "to support our efforts in the counter-narcotics campaign."