Pakistan inquiry blames Afghan commander for the NATO attacks

Pakistan inquiry blames Afghan commander for the NATO attacks

A Pakistan-led inquiry into the November 26 NATO air strike on Salala military check post, alleged on Monday that a local Afghan army commander was responsible for orchestrating strike, BBC Urdu reported.

This was revealed in parts of an investigation report, conducted and handed over by Pakistan to NATO.

The report alleged that the NATO attack was pre-planned. It further alleged that a senior officer of the Afghan National army as well as members of intelligence agencies of other countries were responsible.

US forces were not involved in the attack, the report concluded.

According to the BBC, the report was compiled by Pakistani investigators who had interviewed local Afghan commanders, and eye witnesses.

The Inter-Service Public Relations (ISPR) department of the Pakistan army has denied the BBC report.

The November 26 air strike had been called in after US and Afghan forces near the Afghan, Pakistan border came under fire. The air strike called in for support attacked and destroyed the Pakistani border check post at Salala and killed at least 26 soldiers,
including two officers.

Pakistan had maintained that the check post did not fire first and the NATO attack was unprovoked.

NATO invited Pakistan to conduct a joint report, but Pakistan declined the offer, and said they would conduct their own investigation. The NATO report is due on December 23.

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Posted by Ammar Ahmad on Dec 20 2011. Filed under Latest News, Pakistan. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. You can leave a response or trackback to this entry