- ISLAMABAD (ANI) -- Hardline
Islamic politicians in Pakistan have reacted with outrage at the US bombing
of a border area at the weekend, calling it a violation of sovereignty.
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- The Pakistan Government says the bomb was dropped on
its territory during an operation by US troops in Afghanistan.
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- The US military took the action after a Pakistani border
guard apparently fired at a US patrol.
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- Qazi Hussain Ahmad, an MP of the Jamaat-i-Islami party,
said mass protest rallies would be organised.
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- "The US bombing of Pakistani territory is an open
violation of Pakistan's sovereignty," he said, adding "The rallies
will condemn this US interference."
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- The government's version of events contradicted US reports
that the bomb had fallen inside Afghan territory, 300 metres from a Pakistani
checkpoint.
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- Pakistani military spokesman Major-General Rashid Qureshi
said: "During an operation carried out by US troops in Afghanistan
a bomb fell near the Durand Line in Pakistani territory."
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- There were no casualties or damage and Pakistan's military
was investigating the incident, General Qureshi said.
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- The US military in Afghanistan said one of its warplanes
had dropped a bomb after a Pakistani border scout fired on a US patrol,
injuring a US soldier, near the Afghan frontier town of Shkin on Sunday.
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- Residents of the nearby town of Angoor Adda in the Pakistani
border district of South Waziristan said they saw two bombs fall on an
empty religious school, destroying its outer wall.
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- General Qureshi said he was unaware of a school being
hit, but said there was a deserted building in the area where the bomb
fell.
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- Reports of the school being hit outraged legislators
in the Islamist-ruled North-West Frontier Province, where anti-US feeling
has run high since the American military campaign began in Afghanistan
14 months ago.(ANI)
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