ISLAMABAD: US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff General Martin E.
Dempsey has offered to send a briefing team to brief Pakistani security
establishment on the investigation findings.
Official sources
from Washington via an e-mail Friday informed Online that on December 21
the, General Dempsey in telephonic contact notified General Ashfaq
Pervez Kayani that the investigation is complete and also offered
sending a brief team in this connection.
According to US
official record, General James Mattis directly spoke with General Kayani
as well and briefed him on the investigation. Over the issues US
Ambassador in Islamabad Cameron Munter has met with Foreign Minister
Khar.
The official sources said that General Allen and US
Ambassador in Kabul Cunningham have met with President Karzai to brief
him on the matter. NATO Secretary General and allies have also been
briefed on the issue. However, Pakistan has expressed its disagreement
with the findings of the investigation over NATO attack on November 26
perishing 24 Pakistani soldiers.
The incident caused tension in
Pak-US, Pak-NATO relations triggering order to Americans for vacating
Shamsi base besides blocking supply to NATO in Afghanistan via Pakistan.
US is hesitant to offer apology saying Pakistan and American forces shared responsibility of the sad incident. Online
