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Army rejects US report on Nato attack
[Dawn] Pakistain's military on Monday rejected US findings on a Nov. 26 NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... cross-border air attack that killed 24 Pak soldiers and plunged relations to a low point. "Pakistain does not agree with several portions and findings of the investigation report, as these are factually not correct," the military said in a statement. The US report released on Dec. 22 found both American and Pak forces were to blame for the border incident, inflaming already strained ties. "Affixing partial responsibility of the incident on Pakistain is therefore unjustified and unacceptable," said the statement. "The fundamental cause of the incident of 26th November, 2011, was the failure of U.S./ISAF (International Security Assistance Force) to share its near-border operation with Pakistain at any level." Pakistain responded to the attack by shutting down ground routes to supply US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan and forced the United States to vacate an air base used to launch drone flights. Last week, a senior Pak security official told Rooters the routes would be reopened, but heavy tariffs would be imposed. The army had earlier in December 2011 rejected key findings from the US investigation into air strikes and had said the report was unlikely to repair the severely damaged relationship between the two countries. Posted by: Fred 2012-01-24 |
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