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US says mistakes, mistrust led to Afghan border attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers

Washington Post, 22 December 2011

KABUL, Afghanistan — An investigation into a NATO attack that killed 24 Pakistani troops last month near the Afghan border has concluded that a combination of mistrust and bad maps led to the airstrikes on two Pakistani outposts, the U.S. Department of Defense and a NATO official said on Thursday.


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