Nato helicopters on Saturday killed at least 25 Pakistani Armymen, including two officers, as they attacked three security checkposts in the tribal Mohmand Agency, officials said.
“We can confirm the death of 25 Armymen. Two of them were officers, one of them a major. Fifteen were also injured,” said a Pakistani security official.
Nato planes shelled three check-posts, including Salala and Bolder, in Balazai area of Mohmand Agency.
The Nato spokesman in Kabul said he was aware of the incident and the matter was being investigated. The Pakistan embassy in Washington has issued a strongly worded memo to the United States state department on this incident. The Pakistan foreign office vehemently condemned the Nato forces’ “unprovoked attack”.
[Pakistan on Saturday ordered a review of all arrangements with the United States and Nato, including diplomatic, political, military and intelligence activities, following a deadly cross-border strike, AFP reports. The decision was taken at an extraordinary meeting of senior Cabinet ministers and military chiefs chaired by Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, his office said.
[Pakistan on Saturday also ordered the United States to vacate a controversial airbase (Shamsi) within 15 days and closed Nato supply lines into Afghanistan.]