Islamabad, Dec 3(ANI): Pakistan has countered the US claim that its army gave a green signal to carry out the deadly NATO airstrike.
About 28 soldiers were killed in NATO strike in Mohmand Agency on 26 November, which escalated tensions between Washington and Islamabad.
The attack has escalated tensions between Islamabad and Washington since Pakistan blocked NATO supply routes across its border with Afghanistan, and boycotted the Bonn conference on Afghanistan after the attack.
According to the Wall Street Journal, which detailed the US version of the attack, a Pakistani liaison officer at a border coordination centre gave a green signal to NATO to launch the air strike since he was unaware that his own troops were deployed at the target site.
The claim, if true, refutes Pakistan's version that described the strike as an "unprovoked act of blatant aggression", The Independent reports.
"Wrong information about the area of operation was provided to Pakistan officials a few minutes before the strike. Without getting clearance from Pakistan side, the post had already been engaged by US helicopters and fighter jets," a Pakistan statement said.
Pakistan 's Director General of Military Operations, Major-General Nadeem Ishfaq, had earlier claimed upto three Nato helicopters were involved in the air strikes.
Pakistan also rejected the US claim that Islamabad fired the first shot.
It is still unclear as to why the Pakistan's Air Force was not called in to defend the country against the attack. (ANI)
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