Washington, Dec 1 (ANI): The US has strongly rejected Pakistan's allegations that the recent NATO attack that claimed the lives of 28 soldiers, was intentional.
General Martin Dempsey, Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, said he was trying to sort out the issue with Pakistan behind closed doors.
"Candidly, we don't want to try to resolve this issue through the media. The one thing I will say publicly and categorically is that this was not a deliberate attack," The Dawn quoted him, as saying.
Earlier, Pakistan's Director General of Military Operations, Major General Ishfaq Nadeem, had described the NATO cross-border attack as a deliberate and blatant act of aggression.
Major General Nadeem said NATO helicopters appeared near the post around 15 to 20 minutes past midnight, opened fire, then left about 45 minutes later. They reappeared at 1:15 a.m. local time and attacked again for another hour.
General Dempsey, however, said the military was pouring over its own data from the incident.
"We're in the process of reviewing radio traffic, gun tapes, all of the things that an investigation has to consider before I can really make any statement about the duration," Dempsey said.
"But I can say, categorically, it was not a deliberate attack," he added. (ANI)
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