Pakistan says NATO helicopter attack has killed at least 25 soldiers

Pakistan has been pandering to both sides since the beginning of the war. Openly they denounce the drone strikes inside Pakistan to appease the Taliban but on the cool they are letting us set up a base inside their country specifically as a launch pad for drone strikes. They are probably selling arms to the motherfuckers while at the same time letting us pay them to use their country to ship in supplies and stuff. It's pretty obvious that this is in some way all political, just haven't put my finger on it yet.

well i meant were* letting us do that, i think they ordered us out after all of this

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Originally Posted by Winehole23

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/27/wo...-soldiers.html

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I saw that and had to wince. Pakistanis hate us enough as it is.

Time to GTFO of Afghanistan and cosy up to India. Fuck 'em.

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Originally Posted by AP

The NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers lasted almost two hours and continued even after commanders at the bases pleaded with coalition forces to stop, Pakistan's military claimed Monday, charges that could further inflame anger in Pakistan.

NATO has described the incident as "tragic and unintended" and has promised a full investigation.

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A military investigation has concluded that it took about 45 minutes for a NATO operations officer in Afghanistan to notify a senior allied commander about Pakistan’s calls that its outposts were under attack, one of several breakdowns in communication that contributed to airstrikes that killed 26 Pakistani soldiers last month.

Once alerted, the commander immediately ordered a halt to American attacks on two Pakistani border posts. By then, communications between the two militaries had sorted out a chain of errors and the shooting had stopped. The delay, by at least one officer and possibly a second, raises questions about whether a faster response could have spared the lives of some Pakistani soldiers.



Officials “did not respond correctly, quickly enough or with the sense of urgency or initiative required given the gravity of the situation and the well known sensitivity surrounding the Afghan-Pakistan border region,” the report found.

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http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/wo...lays.html?_r=1

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The United States and Pakistan disagree about the precise sequence of events in the deadliest single cross-border attack of the 10-year war in Afghanistan.
Pakistan denies shooting first, and has accused the Americans of an intentional attack on its troops.


Brigadier General Stephen Clark, who led the US inquiry, said the November 25-26 air strikes were the result of mistakes and botched communications on both sides -- reflecting an underlying mistrust between the two countries.


It took the NATO-led force 84 minutes to halt air strikes after a Pakistani liaison officer first alerted US and coalition counterparts that Pakistani troops were coming under fire from American aircraft, the report said.


The probe also said the US military failed to notify the Pakistanis about the night raid near the border and that a coalition officer mistakenly gave the wrong location of the US troops to his Pakistani counterpart.


The probe found Pakistani soldiers fired first at American and Afghan forces and kept firing even after a US F-15 fighter jet flew overhead. The Pakistanis also failed to tell the Americans about new border posts in the area.

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Originally Posted by Winehole23

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/27/wo...lays.html?_r=1

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1 Second, 45 minutes... Doesn't matter. The airstrike would be over by the time the orders to cease would be issued. If it took longer than that, the pilots were incompetent.