- World News - Sport - Finance - Health - Entertainment - Technology -

RAWALPINDI: International
Security Assistance Force (ISAF)
and North Atlantic Treaty
Organization (NATO) carried out
the cross-border attack on
purpose and there are no
expectations of any results
coming from the inquiry.
The statements were made at a
media briefing by Chief of
General Staff Lieutenant General
Waheed Arshad and Director
General (DG) Military Operations
General Ashfaq on Tuesday.
They said that currently the
rethinking of military relations
with the United States was
underway and the final decision
would be taken by Prime
Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani.
They said the inquiries into the
June 2008, September 2010 and
July 2011 incidents had no
results either.
There are four Pakistan and ISAF
Afghanistan joint coordination
centres, and the attack took
place despite procedures being
in place, they said.
They said there had been no
violation by Pakistan on the
Mohmand Agency border. NATO
and ISAF were aware of the
border check posts in the area
and had fired on them from
12:05am to 2:15am.
The Pakistani officer at the
Tactical Operation Centre in
Afghanistan had been
misinformed, they said, adding
that an American sergeant had
told him that a Pakistan check
post had fired on Special Forces
in the border area and had
changed his statement after
seven minutes saying the fire
had come from a different
check post.
They said Volcano was the first
check post that was attacked
and communication had been
cut off right after. Soldiers at
the Boulder check post fired 26
air bursts but did not go after
the helicopters as the situation
could have gotten bad.
Company Commander, Major
Mujahid was killed when he was
going to Boulder check post,
they said.