Taliban release video of beheaded Pakistani soldiers The attack provoked angry demands from Pakistan that Afghanistan prevent militants using its territory - ironic given longstanding US and Afghan accusations that Islamabad allows its land to be used by the Haqqani network for cross-border attacks. Meanwhile, the Afghan government said it would seek help from its Western backers if Pakistan did not stop shelling Afghan territory. The Afghan army said it stood ready to retaliate if ordered. Sporadic shelling over the ill-defined mountainous border into Afghanistan's Kunar province has intensified in the past week, the provincial governor's spokesman said. Wasofullah Wasofi estimated 200 rockets and artillery shells had fallen on Afghan soil in the past ten days, killing one and wounding two. Eighty families had left their homes at the same time and scores of head of livestock had been killed. In the past three months a total of 950 shells had fallen he estimated, forcing 500 families to leave. "We've given reports to the government and the [Nato coalition] and to Pakistan, but in the past three months no one listened to us," he told The Daily Telegraph. Residents believe they should have American protection according to the strategic partnership agreement recently signed between the two nations, he said. Under that agreement America said it would view aggression against Afghanistan "with grave concern" and consult Kabul over military or diplomatic action. Obaidullah Khan, an elder from Kunar's border area, said: "The Americans said they would protect our country, but now Pakistan is shooting at us and they do nothing."