Pak: 8 troops dead in NATO helicopter attack

Islamabad: Pakistan today claimed that NATO helicopters from Afghanistan fired on a military check post in northwest tribal region, killing eight soldiers and wounding four others. The helicopters targeted the check post at Baizai area of Mohmand tribal region last night, officials were quoted as saying by TV news channels. A brief statement from the […]

Islamabad: Pakistan today claimed that NATO helicopters from Afghanistan fired on a military check post in northwest tribal region, killing eight soldiers and wounding four others. The helicopters targeted the check post at Baizai area of Mohmand tribal region last night, officials were quoted as saying by TV news channels.

A brief statement from the Inter-Services Public Relations said International Security Assistance Force and NATO helicopters "carried out unprovoked and indiscriminate firing" on a Pakistani check post in Mohmand Agency.