[Dawn] Director General Military Operations (DGMO) Major General Ashfaq Nadeem on Thursday said November 26 attack on Salala check post was a deliberate act and part of a 'plot,' DawnNews reported.Briefing the Senate Standing Committee on Defence which met here under the chairmanship of Javed Ashraf Qazi, Nadeem said the attack was conducted by US Special Forces as NATO
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He said NATO officials deceived the Pak officer on duty at the coordination centre by giving him wrong information about the location of the operation.
The DGMO further said the attack was pre-planned and was aimed to strengthen the Taliban because the two check posts attacked were built to curb thugs' infiltration and had been serving the purpose effectively.
He said bully boyz never come up on mountain peaks and always hide inside ditches and cracks.
The security forces have been redeployed after rebuilding the Valcano and Bolder check posts, said the Maj. Gen. Pak forces can not afford to leave the area vacant, he added.
Officials of Foreign office and ministry of defence were also present during the briefing.