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WASHINGTON: The US military has said Pakistani troops were the first to fire during the November 26 Salala attacks, and decided that no American service members will face disciplinary charges for last Novembers Nato air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, The New York Times reported on Sunday.
A Pentagon investigation team claimed late last year that both US and Pakistani troops were responsible for the exchange of fire. According to the Pentagon report, Pakistani troops were the first to fire from the two border posts (which were incidentally not marked on the coalition maps), and continued to fire even after US forces tried to inform them that were shooting at allied troops. Pakistan has duly rejected these claims.
The US military launched a second inquiry to determine whether any American military personnel should be punished for the Mohmand Agency air strike. This recently completed review has reached a negative conclusion, the NYT claimed citing three unnamed military officials.
Officials said that the Americans fired in self-defence, and that any other mistakes were the result of battlefield confusion. We found nothing criminally negligent on the part of any individual in our investigations of the incident, the NYT quoted one senior US military official as saying.
Islamabads relations with Washington plummeted drastically following the killing of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden in a military operation carried out inside Pakistan but without Islamabads knowledge in May last year. Relations were further wounded after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in the November clash.
The Pakistani Parliament is scheduled to resume debate on Monday on a major review of relations with the United States, a debate that the Obama administration hopes will bring a resumption of full diplomatic relations and the reopening of Nato supply lines into Afghanistan through Pakistan. As part of the debate, Pakistani legislators have demanded an unconditional formal apology from the United States for the fatal air strike.
BAIRA GHARAQ.............!!
A Pentagon investigation team claimed late last year that both US and Pakistani troops were responsible for the exchange of fire. According to the Pentagon report, Pakistani troops were the first to fire from the two border posts (which were incidentally not marked on the coalition maps), and continued to fire even after US forces tried to inform them that were shooting at allied troops. Pakistan has duly rejected these claims.
The US military launched a second inquiry to determine whether any American military personnel should be punished for the Mohmand Agency air strike. This recently completed review has reached a negative conclusion, the NYT claimed citing three unnamed military officials.
Officials said that the Americans fired in self-defence, and that any other mistakes were the result of battlefield confusion. We found nothing criminally negligent on the part of any individual in our investigations of the incident, the NYT quoted one senior US military official as saying.
Islamabads relations with Washington plummeted drastically following the killing of al-Qaeda founder Osama Bin Laden in a military operation carried out inside Pakistan but without Islamabads knowledge in May last year. Relations were further wounded after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in the November clash.
The Pakistani Parliament is scheduled to resume debate on Monday on a major review of relations with the United States, a debate that the Obama administration hopes will bring a resumption of full diplomatic relations and the reopening of Nato supply lines into Afghanistan through Pakistan. As part of the debate, Pakistani legislators have demanded an unconditional formal apology from the United States for the fatal air strike.
BAIRA GHARAQ.............!!
