| LAHORE: The United States airstrike on a Pakistani checkpost in which 11 troops were killed and nine others were injured, was an accident, Federal Defence Minister Ahmad Mukhtar told Dawn News on Thursday. He told the channel that the US-led coalition forces did not enter Pakistan, adding that it did not suit the US to attack its ally Pakistan. The minister said Pakistan did not have radar capabilities above 30,000 feet and that it was impossible to determine who was entering the countryÂ’s airspace above that altitude. He said Pakistan had taken up the airstrike with the coalition partners, adding that it would remain a part of the war on terror, the channel reported. The minister said the war against terrorism must be fought in order for Pakistan to exist in and be a part of the civilised world. He said the bereaved families of the 11 troops would be compensated. |