Chitral attack supported by NATO

Chitral-- Eye witnesses to the attack by militants on Pakistani border security posts at Arandu on Saturday, killing over three dozen soldiers, say they saw NATO helicopters and drone giving cover to the attackers. Some local persons also claimed that they heard heavy shelling and bombardment by NATO fighter planes, and helicopters on the posts of Chitral Scouts. Besides it NATO fighter planes and Gunship helicopters were flying over Pakistani air space at the time of the attack.

An officer of the district administration on condition of anonymity told this scribe that they had formally informed the government about the witnessed involvement of Afghan and NATO forces in the border attack. Meanwhile there is a feeling of anger in the people of Chitral for the government for not giving enough importance to the loss of lives of Chitrali soldiers and no high functionary of the government visited Chitral to condole with the families of the martyred soldiers.--GH Farooqi, 30 Aug 2011.

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