U.S. TROOPS in Afghanistan are becoming increasingly frustrated by cross-border attacks from Pakistan. Officers at combat outposts near the border told C.J. Chivers of the New York Times they suspected the people firing at them had official help, but couldn’t prove it. “I don’t have the smoking gun,” Col. Edward T. Bohnemann, commander of the 172nd Infantry Brigade, told the Times. Read the story here: http://nyti.ms/mSoPkq

LITTLE, IN AN E-MAIL TO REPORTERS MONDAY, confirmed that “we did see an increase in cross border incidents” from June through August.