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Pakistan to ask US to vacate air base
Sunday November 27, 2011 09:39:05 AM,
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Islamabad: Pakistan
will ask the US to stop using one of its key air base after a NATO
air raid on one of the country's border checkposts left at least
25 soldiers dead, the government said.
An emergency meeting of the cabinet defence committee Saturday
night, chaired by Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani, also decided
to close with immediate effect the NATO's supply lines through the
country.
The US will be asked to vacate the air base in Balochistan
province within 15 days, Xinhua reported quoting an official
statement.
The cabinet committee "strongly condemns the attack by NATO and
ISAF aircraft which resulted in the loss of precious lives of
officers and men of Pakistan Army," it said.
The meeting was called to review the situation following the raid
in Mohmand Agency. Besides federal ministers, chairman of the
Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee also attended.
The government also plans to review all engagements, including
military and intelligence, with the US, NATO and the ISAF
(International Security Assistance Force), the statement from the
prime minister's office said.
At least 25 Pakistani soldiers were killed early Saturday when
NATO helicopters from Afghanistan attacked a border checkpost,
leading to Islamabad lodging a strong protest with Washington.
Fifteen others were injured in the attack.
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