Shamsi Airbase

[Ali_Syed]

Re: Shamsi Airbase

@Mirch

You have to wait till the investigation is over as to what went wrong , why and how.
Like last year two Pakistani solders were killed and it was found that the fired warning shots , but US helicopters mistook it as an attack. 300 feet of distance from Afghan border is not enough distance for a chopper to determine where their boundary ends and the other one starts. They might have come very near to the check posts and personnel from check post started firing at them and all the mess started. Who know what really happened unless a thorough and proper investigation is over.

There are articles posted in this thread which state that Pakistani posts were 2.5 kms inside the Pak afghan border. The Americans would have crossed over into Pakistani border, and then our forces would have shot warning shots. When the Americans starts attacking the local commanders pleaded with the Americans to stop but the attacks continued for 2 hours. There might be some reason that the army spokesman has refused to accept the apology from NATO.