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Pakistan conveyed its “rage” to the United States over cross-border NATO air strikes that killed 24 soldiers, as it ordered a full-scale review of its frosty alliance with the US and NATO.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The United States, which depends on Pakistan as a vital life-line to supply 130,000 foreign troops fighting in landlocked Afghanistan, on Sunday scrambled to salvage the alliance, backing a full inquiry and expressing condolences.<\/p>\n

Key questions remain about exactly what happened in the early hours of Saturday in Pakistan’s tribal district of Mohmand, where Pakistan says two border posts were fired upon “unprovoked”.<\/p>\n

Investigators are likely to look at whether Afghan and American troops operating on the Afghan side of the border could have been fired upon first — whether by insurgents or Pakistani military.<\/p>\n

On Sunday, Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar telephoned US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton and conveyed a “deep sense of rage” as the military organised a joint funeral for the 24 troops who died.<\/p>\n

Khar said attacks on military outposts were “totally unacceptable” as they contravened international law and violated Pakistani sovereignty<\/strong> — inflaming US-Pakistani relations still reeling from the May killing of Osama bin Laden.<\/p>\n

US Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta and Clinton issued a joint statement from Washington, offering their “deepest condolences” and backing “NATO’s intention to investigate immediately.”<\/p>\n

Pakistan has also ordered the United States to leave the Shamsi air base within 15 days, despite reports American personnel had already the facility reportedly used as a hub for US drone strikes on militants in Pakistan.<\/strong><\/p>\n

It also said the government would “undertake a complete review of all programmes, activities and cooperative arrangements with US\/NATO\/ISAF, including diplomatic, political, military and intelligence”.<\/p>\n

Pakistan, battling its own Taliban insurgency in the northwest, is dependent on billions of dollars in US aid.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Relations between Pakistan and the United States have been in crisis since American troops killed bin Laden near the capital without prior warning and after a CIA contractor killed two Pakistanis in Lahore in January.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Source AFP<\/em>
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