Tiger80 Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 YAKKAGHUND: NATO helicopters attacked a military checkpoint in northwest Pakistan on Saturday, killing up to 25 troops and prompting Pakistan to shut the vital supply route for NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan, Pakistani officials said. The attack comes as relations between the United States and Pakistan, its ally in the war on terror, are already badly strained following the killing of al-Qaida leader Osama bin Laden by US special forces in a secret raid on the Pakistani garrison town of Abbottabad in May. Pakistan called that raid a flagrant violation of its sovereignty. A Pakistani military spokesman confirmed Saturday's pre-dawn cross-border attack in the tribal region of Mohmand and said casualties had been reported, but gave no details. "NATO helicopters carried out an unprovoked and indiscriminate firing on a Pakistani check post in Mohmand agency, casualties have been reported and details are awaited," the spokesman told Reuters. Two military officials said that up to 25 Pakistani troops had been killed and 14 wounded in the attack on the Salala check post, about 2.5 km (1.5 miles) from the Afghan border. "We have heard about heavy casualties but can't provide you with the exact number of casualties of our troops as the post is far away, located in the mountains and is difficult to reach at the moment," a military spokesman in Peshawar said. The attack took place around 2am (2100 GMT) in the Baizai area of Mohmand, where Pakistani troops are fighting Taliban militants. Another senior Pakistani military officer said efforts were under way to bring the bodies of the slain soldiers to Ghalanai, the headquarters of Mohmand tribal region. "The latest attack by NATO forces on our post will have serious repercussions as they without any reasons attacked on our post and killed soldiers asleep," he said, requesting anonymity because he was not authorised to talk to the media. About 40 Pakistani army troops were stationed at the outpost, military sources said. Two officers were reported among the dead. NATO supply trucks and fuel tankers bound for Afghanistan were stopped at Jamrud town in the Khyber tribal region near the city of Peshawar hours after the raid, officials said. "We have halted the supplies and some 40 tankers and trucks have been returned from the check post in Jamrud," Mutahir Zeb, a senior government official, told Reuters. Another official said the supplies had been stopped for security reasons. Pakistan is a vital land route for 49 percent of NATO's supplies to its troops in Afghanistan, a NATO spokesman said. A spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Kabul said the coalition there was aware of "an incident" and was gathering more information. The incident occurred a day after US General John Allen met Pakistani Army Chief of Army Staff General Ashfaq Pervez Kayani to discuss border control and enhanced cooperation. The Afghanistan-Pakistan border is often poorly marked, and differs between maps by up to five miles in some places. A similar incident on Sept 30, 2009, which killed two Pakistani troops, led to the closure of one of NATO's supply routes through Pakistan for 10 days. NATO apologised for that incident, which it said happened when NATO gunships mistook warning shots by the Pakistani forces for a militant attack. The attack is expected to further worsen US-Pakistan relations, already at one of their lowest points in history, following a tumultuous year that saw the bin Laden raid, the jailing of a CIA contractor, and US accusations that Pakistan backed a militant attack on the US Embassy in Kabul. An increase in US drone strikes on militants in the last few years has also irritated Islamabad, which says the campaign kills more Pakistani civilians in the border area than activists. Washington disputes that, but declines to discuss the drone campaign in detail. "This is an attack on Pakistan's territorial sovereignty," said Masood Kasur, the governor of Pakistan's northwestern Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province. "Such cross-border attacks cannot be tolerated any more. The government will take up this matter at the highest level and it will be investigated." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/pakistan/Pakistan-stops-NATO-supplies-after-raid-kills-up-to-25-troops/articleshow/10880836.cms
cricket_usa Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 US will throw some bones their way and the pakis will shut up.
surajmal Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 US will throw some bones their way and the pakis will shut up. first there will be a tamasha about "violation of sovereignty". Then comes the rest.
Asim Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 so another demand for written appology and thats it....
Trichromatic Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 :WTF: How can a country sit quietly and when other country attacks them?
Vijay.Sharma Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 so another demand for written appology and thats it....As a Paki national how do you feel about your government's bending over backwards to the US and putting up with all their abuse? I mean to ask this question in order to understand a regular Pakistani national's viewpoint. Please do not consider it as some kind of mocking or anything (because of the baggage that this site has when it comes to Indo-Pak thing).
Hell Raiser Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 US will throw some bones their way and the pakis will shut up. Exactly, they will create drama in front of their people to show that they do care, but in the end will take whatever comes their way. That's Pakistan for you.
cricket_usa Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 As a Paki national how do you feel about your government's bending over backwards to the US and putting up with all their abuse? I mean to ask this question in order to understand a regular Pakistani national's viewpoint. Please do not consider it as some kind of mocking or anything (because of the baggage that this site has when it comes to Indo-Pak thing). They don't bend over backwards, they bend forward and take it like a champ. In all seriousness, what can they do? If not for US funding they will go bankcrupt or they will go running to China, which will treat them worse.
phaedrus Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 They don't bend over backwards' date=' they bend forward and take it like a champ. In all seriousness, what can they do? If not for US funding they will go bankcrupt or they will go running to China, [b']which will treat them worse. really? thought they were BFFs
cricket_usa Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 really? thought they were BFFs BFF? Pakistan are no ones BFF, look what the US did to them after the cold war. Think man, just because you have a good time with a prostitute you are not going to marry her. You'll use her and tell all she want to hear, pay for the service and say bye. Thats what US is doing now and thats what China will do later.
Clarke Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 Business as usual Pak Army warns of retaliation for future Nato attack http://nation.com.pk/pakistan-news-newspaper-daily-english-online/Regional/Islamabad/26-Nov-2011/Pak-Army-warns-of-retaliation-for-future-Nato-attack
Utalk Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 Why are we surprised? Americans are scum on earths face and do this time after time. Our army is the most gutless and corrupt organisation. These guys are cowards of highest order. Feel for normal soldiers but pak army elite is a parasite who have been making a fool of it's own ppl for past 50 years.
Desi Cartman Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 Why are we surprised? Americans are scum on earths face and do this time after time. I don't know your definition of "scum" but IMO training terrorists and sending them to another country to kill innocents is a bigger crime than anything else. I know it's off topic but couldn't stop writing this post as soon as I saw a Pakistani calling USA "scum" Sent from iPhone using Tapatalk
cricket_usa Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 Why are we surprised? Americans are scum on earths face and do this time after time. Our army is the most gutless and corrupt organisation. These guys are cowards of highest order. Feel for normal soldiers but pak army elite is a parasite who have been making a fool of it's own ppl for past 50 years. SO is it ok to receive large amt of money from the scums who kill your people? Times like this makes me want to thank God for the partation. Imagine had these guys been part of India? They would been a dead weight that would have drowned us. Imagine having yo deal with all these crazies day in and day out.
Utalk Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 It's army and the corrupt ruling elite who benefit from US aid. Common man in Pakistan has hated India for a long long time. As for terrorists being the bigger scumbags there are all the same. Army on US payroll got us involved in the afghan war and messed things up with India for their own good.
Asim Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 As a Paki national how do you feel about your government's bending over backwards to the US and putting up with all their abuse? I mean to ask this question in order to understand a regular Pakistani national's viewpoint. Please do not consider it as some kind of mocking or anything (because of the baggage that this site has when it comes to Indo-Pak thing).
Alchemist Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 :WTF: How can a country sit quietly and when other country attacks them? Ask, Indian govt. Its been 3 years since the 26/11 attack. What have we done ? The only thing remaining is naming a street after Kasab in Mumbai.
ravishingravi Posted November 26, 2011 Posted November 26, 2011 They don't bend over backwards' date= they bend forward and take it like a champ. In all seriousness, what can they do? If not for US funding they will go bankcrupt or they will go running to China, which will treat them worse. :hysterical: Can feel your pain.
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