Islamabad, Nov 30 (ANI): Pakistan's Director General of Military Operations (DGMO), Major General Ishfaq Nadeem, has claimed that the NATO attacks on border checkposts in Mohmand Agency were deliberate and were carried out in violation of coordination procedures.
Terming the strikes as an unprovoked act of blatant aggression, Major General Nadeem said: "The positions of the posts were already conveyed to the ISAF through map references and it was impossible that they did not know these to be our posts."
The DGMO said that there were four border communication centres to coordinate operations against militants but, unfortunately, all standard operating procedures were violated by ISAF and NATO forces on the night of attack, the Daily Times reports.
The area where the attacks were carried out was already cleared of the militants by Pakistani forces and there was no cross-border movement of terrorists from Pakistan to Afghanistan, he added.
Prior to the incident, there had been three attacks, which were carried out from across the border in 2008, 2010 and 2011, killing 14 Pakistani soldiers and injuring another 13, the senior military officer insisted.
"No information regarding inquiry of these attacks was shared or provided to us despite our repeated requests, and when provided, it was inaccurate and incomplete," he added.
At least 28 Pakistani soldiers were killed in the NATO attack, leading to outrage across the South Asian country against the United States. (ANI)
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