ISLAMABAD: Foreign Office (FO) Friday expressed its disagreement with
the findings of US investigation on NATO raid on Salala check post,
perishing 24 Pakistani soldiers and wounding 16 others.
Pakistan army had already rejected the reported inquiry findings by US in this connection.
ISPR
on Friday once again made it clear that Pak Army doesn’t agree with the
findings of the US/NATO inquiry as being reported in the media. “The
inquiry report is short on facts,” it stated.
When asked as what
is the version of Pakistani foreign office over the investigation as
Pak Army is rejecting US findings in connection with the NATO attack, FO
Spokesman Abdul Basit through a mobile SMS said, “the same”.
On November 26, NATO/ISAF raided two Pakistani posts resulting causalities on part of Pakistani soldiers.
The
incident ignited annoyance across Pakistan causing NATO supply
blockade, boycott of Bonn conference and compulsion on US to vacate
Shamsi airbase.
Several countries including the US and turkey vowed to launch an impartial investigation of the incident.
Pentagon
on Thursday issued a report admitting that poor coordination between US
and Pakistani military officers operating through the border
coordination centre led the unfortunate attack.
The US
investigations concluded that both US and Pakistan forces bear
responsibility for the incident. It stated, “Mistakes by both American
and Pakistani forces led to airstrikes against Pakistani border posts
that killed 24 Pakistani Army soldiers last month”.
US Air Force
Special Operations Command Brigadier General and the NATO air strike
Investigating Officer Stephen Clark said a lack of trust and series of
miscommunications contributed to the event. Online
