NATO strikes in Pak kill 50 militants

Pakistan disputed NATOs claim that its forces have the right of hot pursuit across the Afghan border

Pakistan disputed NATOs claim on Monday that its forces have the right of hot pursuit across the Afghan border,after NATOs helicopters launched airstrikes that killed 50 militants who had escaped into Pakistan following an attack on an Afghan security post.

Pakistan said it had protested to NATO over the airstrikes,which a coalition spokesman justified on grounds of self-defence. Pakistan said in a press release the mandate of foreign troops in Afghanistan ends at the Afghan border and said the strikes were a violation of its sovereignty. Pakistan said that unless corrective measures are implemented,it will have to consider response options.

NATO reported it launched two airstrikes on Saturday,and Pakistani intelligence officials reported a third attack on Monday all in tribal regions located opposite an increasingly volatile eastern region of Afghanistan. It was not clear which militant group was targeted,but the al-Qaeda-linked Haqqani faction is particularly active there.

The first strike took place after insurgents based in Pakistan attacked the outpost in Afghanistans Khost province,said a spokesman for the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force in Afghanistan. A second attack occurred when helicopters returned to the border area and were attacked by insurgents based in Pakistan.

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