US Air Strike Kills 11 Pakistani Soldiers on the Border with Afghanistan

U.S.-led coalition forces' air strike kills 11 Pakistani soldiers

www.chinaview.cn 2008-06-11 18:48:18  

    ISLAMABAD, June 11 (Xinhua) --

Pakistan's army Wednesday confirmed that its 11 soldiers were killed in an overnight US air strike on its border region by the coalition forces in Afghanistan.

    The military said in a statement that the coalition air strike destroyed a border check post of its paramilitary force in Mohmand Agency on the night of June 10.

    "The Frontier Corps (FC) border check post at Gora Prai in Mohmand Agency was destroyed by Coalition Forces in Afghanistan through an aerial attack. Resultantly, eleven Security Forces Personnel including one officer embraced Shahdat (martyrdom)," said the statement.

    It condemned this completely unprovoked and cowardly act on the FC post and regretted the loss of precious lives of the Pakistani soldiers.

    The military blamed the U.S.-led coalition forces for the violent act and said that the incident had hit at the very basis of cooperation and sacrifice with which Pakistani soldiers are supporting the coalition in war against terror.

    It highlighted that such acts of aggression did not serve the common cause of fighting terrorism.

    It also said a strong protest had been lodged by the Pakistan army and "we reserve the right to protect our citizens and soldiers against aggression."

Editor: Bi Mingxin

Pakistan summons U.S. envoy over coalition bombing

www.chinaview.cn 2008-06-12 00:38:49  

    ISLAMABAD, June 11 (Xinhua) --

Pakistan Wednesday summoned the U.S. envoy and lodged a protest over air raids of coalition forces Tuesday night in the country's tribal region, killing at least 11 soldiers, according to local press reports.

    Senate leader Raza Rabbani was quoted as saying that U.S. Ambassador Anne W. Patterson was told that such unprovoked attacks are unacceptable and could harm Pakistan's cooperation with the U.S.-led coalition in Afghanistan.

    She was told that the attack was unprovoked and a gross violation of international border between Pakistan and Afghanistan.

    The U.S. ambassador was told that the attack was a blatant negation of the huge sacrifices Pakistan has made in its endeavor to combat terrorism.

    The envoy was told that the attack also tended to undermine the very basis of the cooperation with the coalition forces and warrants a serious re-think on their part of the consequences that could ensue from such rash acts.

    In a statement Wednesday, Pakistan's army said that the attack was launched on an army border check post at the Gora Prai area in Mohmand Agency by the U.S.-led coalition forces based in Afghanistan resulting in the killing of 11 Pakistani security personnel including an officer and injuries to several others.

    The army condemned this completely unprovoked and cowardly act on the check post and regretted the loss of precious lives of the Pakistani soldiers. 　

Editor: Mu Xuequan

 

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