By Demetri Sevastopulo in Washington and Farhan Bokhari in Islamabad
Published: June 11 2008 18:54 | Last updated: June 12 2008 00:43
Pakistan on Wednesday strongly criticised a US military airstrike near the border with Afghanistan that officials claimed was responsible for the death of 11 Pakistani soldiers.
Geoff Morrell, the Pentagon press secretary, defended Tuesday’s air strikes as “legitimate”, but said the US was working with the Pakistani government to find out exactly what had happened.
Pakistani mourners gather at the funeral in Peshawar of a soldier killed in a US airstrike targeting militants operating near the Afghanistan border
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