[Dawn] Pakistain on Sunday buried 24 troops killed in a NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
cross-border air raid that has pushed a crisis in relations with the United States towards rupture. NATO helicopters and fighter jets attacked two Pakistain military outposts on Saturday, killing the soldiers in what Pakistain said was an unprovoked assault.
Islamabad retaliated by closing the border crossings used by the international coalition to supply its troops in neighboring Afghanistan. NATO and US officials expressed regret about the deaths of the Pak soldiers, but the exact circumstances of the attack were unclear.
| So it was a provoked assault, after all. |