Afghans say commando unit was attacked before airstrike was called on Pakistan - The Washington Post
Both sides said they believed they were attacking insurgents along the border. A senior Pakistani defense official acknowledged that Pakistani troops fired first, sending a flare, followed by mortar and machine-gun fire, toward what he said was “suspicious activity” in the brush-covered area below their high-altitude outpost barely 500 yards from the border.
If you think about it, both sides in an incident when Pakistan troops were killed by NATO forces is by responding to an attack. Not the other way around. Remember the two Pakistani soldiers were killed cause they fired warning shots which can be mistaken for firing on the aircraft. Nobody is suppose to fire warning shots at aircraft. Its too stupid. And then they fire on ISAF personnel that were nearby, its understandable that they believe they were firing possible insurgents but they need to make sure.
How would you explain, that for 2 hours the fire fight was going on.. that too one sided, as most of the personnel died in the sleeping bunks??? care to explain that one? and how will you explain that despite repeated request from PA battalion commander to stop attacking posts it was still attacked? and then another dispatch was send to the post and that was attacked as well.. there are lot of questionable circumstance which points out that it was deliberate targeting of Pakistani army posts.
now the question is why it was done, couple of possibilities in my mind, may be someone else can think more and share more of thier opinion, i think
1) to see pakistans reaction and to figure out who are Pakistani allies willing to condemn this attack. get a sense of international community reaction, specifically from China,
2) may be to sneak past some US/Afghan based insurgents/terrorists to create chaos in Pakistan
3) to figure out how well prepared pakistani army response will be.
4) to drag pakistan into an aggressive reponse so that Pakistan will be kicked out of Bonn conference, so as to eliminate any possible role of Pakistan in future of Afghanistan, hence, giving all the major tasks to india for the future of Afghanistan??
Any comments or any more idea on why this was done, if it was deliberate?