Pakistan: 7 troops dead in NATO helicopter attack
Pakistan on Saturday accused NATO helicopters of firing on an army checkpoint near the Afghan border and killing seven soldiers, in an attack that is likely to further strain relations between Islamabad and US-led forces fighting in Afghanistan.
The incident late Friday night came a little over a year after US helicopters accidentally killed two Pakistani soldiers near the border, whom the pilots mistook for insurgents they were pursuing. Pakistan responded by closing the border to NATO supplies for 10 days until the US apologized. (AP)
