ISLAMABAD — Pakistan’s military issued an uncompromising formal rejection Monday of the U.S. military’s report last month on a contentious border exchange of fire that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.
Pakistan’s military press office described the U.S. account of the Nov. 26 exchange as “factually not correct,” accused the United States of failing to share information “at any level” and rejected any responsibility for the bloody debacle. In the exchange, U.S. AC-130 gunships flew 2 miles into Pakistani airspace to return fire after Pakistani troops attacked a U.S.-Afghan ground patrol across the border in Afghanistan.
It was the Pakistani military’s first public comment on the U.S. report since immediately rejecting it when it was released, nearly a month ago.
The U.S. investigation described a chain of errors, delays and conflicting protocols between U.S. and NATO troops.
Denver Post wire services
