NATO attack: US officer calls Pak firing 'unusually accurate'
December 23, 2011 14:17
Pakistani forces were "unusually accurate" as they fired shots on an Afghan-US patrol on November 26, an American officer stationed in Afghanistan has said, providing new details about the NATO attack that could put fresh strains on the already tattered US-Pak relations.
He said a joint patrol of 120 Afghan and American Special Operations soldiers had come under Pakistani fire as it was entering an Afghan village, endangering Afghan civilians as well as the soldiers, The New York Times reported today.
The report came as the US Central Command and NATO said in their investigations that mistakes were made by both the US and Pakistani forces. In a briefing, the Pentagon said that fire from the Pakistani military posts against the US-led NATO forces was the "catalyst of the tragedy" last month that led to the death of 24 Pakistani soldiers.
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