Pakistan's Foreign Ministry says the US is violating international law by launching missile attacks on its tribal belt bordering Afghanistan. "The attacks are in violation of international law and in violation of all understandings between the two sides," Foreign Ministry Spokesman Mohammad Sadiq told a press briefing on Thursday in Islamabad. He added, "the government of Pakistan is committed to do whatever is possible to stop these attacks." The spokesman's remarks come amid growing tensions between Islamabad and Washington over US missile strikes on suspected militants in Pakistan's northwest tribal region along the Pak-Afghan border.
Earlier, President Asif Ali Zardari had said the attacks were against the UN Charter and vowed that Pakistan would not tolerate violations of its sovereignty.
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The US Defense Secretary Robert Gates had earlier emphasized that the US was justified under international law in conducting unilateral military operations inside Pakistan to protect American troops in Afghanistan. US raids, drone attacks and air strikes have killed hundreds of Pakistani