Pakistan was involved in an attack on US soldiers in 2007 on the border with Afghanistan that resulted in the death of a major and injuries to three other American soldiers and an Afghan interpreter, The New York Times claimed in a report on Wednesday.
That the attack took place in the border town of Teri Mangal, where the US soldiers were meeting with Afghan officials in a schoolhouse, said the report. Although the reason for the attack was not made clear, it was reportedly in retaliation for US involvement in the death of Pakistani citizens. The US covered up the incident because of the necessity of its alliance with Pakistan, said the report.
Pakistani and American officials had so far refused to comment on the incident, said the Times. An American major was killed and three American officers were wounded, along with their Afghan interpreter, in what fresh accounts from the Afghan and American officers who were there reveal was “a complex, calculated assault by a nominal ally”, said the report.
The Pakistanis opened fire on the Americans, who returned fire before escaping in a blood-soaked Black Hawk helicopter.
