WASHINGTON: US officials have been working their official diplomatic channels to placate Pakistan’s outrage over an overnight NATO attack which killed 24 Pakistani soldiers manning a border checkpost.
Speaking to The Express Tribune, Caitlin Hayden, a spokesperson for the White House said, "Senior US civilian and military officials have been in touch with their Pakistani counterparts from Islamabad, Kabul and Washington to express our condolences.”
She stressed that both countries remained committed to fighting terrorism, “our desire to work together to determine what took place, and our commitment to the US-Pakistan partnership which advances our shared interests, including fighting terrorism in the region."
NATO and US officials had earlier said that they would conduct a thorough inquiry into the matter.
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We, the people of Pakistan, are sick of US conspiracies. It is time for Islamabad to make a concise statement regarding the attack. Base at Washuk, Balochistan is now with Pakistan and no any US official is there. Same steps would be taken so that Washington realizes that this time they are facing REAL ISLAMIC SUPER POWER - Pakistan.
We don’t want any more “US touch”.
@Parvez Amin: Great comments. Just wanted to add what a mistake the Nobel Peace Committee made in giving a Peace Prize to a warmonger President. Shows the mind set of Europeans that so long as they are killing brown and black people who are not Christians, then the Peace Prize is okay. On that basis Hitler, Mussolini and Stalin should have been recipient of this Prize too.
I suspect Mr. F Robinson is working for the CIA here. Its no surpise that suddenly a lot of anti-Pakistan comments have started showing up in comment sections of major dailies right after a NATO attack. Flooding is something they regularly do to manipulate public opinion. It is time for the US to go home and stay within its borders just like all other peaceful countries do.
Aren't you Pakistanis ashamed to be scoffed and kicked at by the US and its allies in their so-called 'war on terror', which has killed thousands of your own? You are just a miserable, incapable pawn in their imperialist manouvres!!
Its about time now .. Dear US of A now we the people of Pakistan will write the end game of Afghanistan and inshallah you will forget Vietnam
@Has: With what? Nuclear mssile?
All attacks on Pakistan by any force should be condemned no question about it. Having said that, how many Pakistani troops are killed by our friendly Taliban? These deaths compared to thousands of innocent Pakistani's deaths at the hand of Taliban are a drop in the bucket. As I have said all killings and attacks on innocents must be condemned even if they are by our strategic assets.
double standard USA . . . .
Go away murderers.
Friendly Fire..... don't you know... Our Blood is Cheaper than Their's.
We should not go with the terrorist states. No more bending. They are killing our forces who are engaged with across the border infiltrators/terrorists.
"US keeping in touch with Pakistan following NATO attack outrage"
Thank you USA! Whippy! (eyeroll)
Say sorry to govt of pak & continue as usual.
Yeah... Kill our soldiers without a reason.... and then expect us to keep fighting terrorism.... that's the way to go!
no thanks..pakistan out of this war now...
US officials should not waste their time placating thier Pakistani counterparts, otherwise known as thier stooges and puppets. NO one really cares what the US enquiry turns up because it is probably a bunch of lies - if it is ever completed, which it probably never will be. The facts are that damage has been done, people have been killed and the soldiers who were ordered to do it are sitting pretty. If the US is really interested in making a good impression on the people of Pakistan, then I suggest many actions be taken within a week. Some examples of such actions are: Pay a million dollars for each Pakistani killed. Use NATO money and troops to rebuild the houses destroyed. Spend $20-million to build civic facilites displaying personal apollogies from all those who authorized the attack and those that carried it out. Hiding behind meanigless statements no longer works. People are infuriated by the sort of lies doled out by the likes of Caitlin Hayden. The Pakistani fully support the denial of passage to American convoys to Afghanistan, the clearing out of the Shamsi Airbase and the general riddance of Americans from Pakistan. This American administration has amply proved itself to be wicked, evil and harmful to the interests of the entire region. They should pack up an go home right now. We will pick up the peices on our own, without their help. They must pay what they owe us and we will decide how much that is. I wish it was possible to use expletives to express what they have done to us. But I will try to calm myself by showning them a digitus impudicus. I wish that the US Ambassador to Pakistan accepts this as important feed back about the effect of his recent feeble actions like donating a few peanuts for refurbishing a historical monument I repeat the advice I previously gave: run back to America screaming, "We won! We won!" Just be rid of your presence, we Pakistanis promise we will not contradict you. GO AWAY. PLEASE.
Let's keep the contact...so that they are happy we are working as per contract (musharraf/nro) and obviously we need more dollars...we will only get dollars when we...kill for them...&...do more.
The US "war on terror" is a war against South and Central Asia.
There will no longer any cooperation at all by any respectable military leader.
Imran Khan has put it simply, end the Afghan war, and break away from this so-called alliance.
No one fights for other peoples interests which conflict with their own.
No they aren't. This association is over.
It is good for Afghanistan, Pakistan, South and Central Asia.
There can not be any more cooperation.
I certainly hope that Pakistani officials aren't so easily fooled after the brazen attack on Pakistani soldiers. Pakistan continues to pay the greatest price in fighting the war on terror. The West forgets that Pakistan defeated the Soviets in Afghanistan to end the Cold War and we were left with all the instability of the region. Now that Afghanistan has become a base for Indian agents to harm Pakistani civilians, no one cares! It's time to seal the border with Afghanistan permanently. Let the rich westerners move their supplies from Central Asia.
Everyone hates the USA.
We do not want to keep in touch with you NATO or US, we do not want any more of this war on terror. Pakistan has suffered too much and has done more than it could do. Its time we get sensible and get ourselves out of this mess. Pakistan Zindabad
“Senior US civilian and military officials have been in touch with their Pakistani counterparts from Islamabad, Kabul and Washington to express our condolences.”
So may be one solution to the Afghan problem is to have Haqqani network issue an apology after killing NATO troops. Problem solved.
British PM David Cameron said that “Pakistan should not promote export of terror.” Then he defended his statement by saying that he “has a duty to tell the truth. German chancellor Angela Merkel for the first time sent a strong message to Pakistan saying that Islamabad cannot use terror as a means to any end. Shedding the niceties of protocol, the President of France on described Pakistan the melting pot of state sponsored terror. Afghan President Karzai said that the terrorists are operating from sanctuaries in Pakistan with Pakistani protection. Pakistan 'epicenter' of world terrorism, said Admiral Mike Mullen, outgoing Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
If USA doesn't leave the base in 15 days than we should bomb the base