Pakistan army takes issue over US missile attack
18/5/08
The Pakistan army has taken issue with coalition forces in Afghanistan over a missile attack launched by a US drone aircraft that killed 14 people, an army spokesman said yesterday. Two missiles hit a house on Wednesday in the village of Damadola in Bajaur, a Pakistani tribal region where al-Qaeda, the Taliban and other Islamist militant groups are active, a security official said. “We have informed the coalition headquarters in Afghanistan … we have raised this issue in tripartite commission,” army spokesman Major-General Athar Abbas said. The commission comprises the military commanders from the US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan and the Afghan and Pakistani armies.
Tags: Afghanistan, Pakistan, Terrorism, USA