ISLAMABAD (AP) — The U.S. ambassador to Pakistan has apologized for a recent helicopter attack that killed Pakistani soldiers near the Afghan border.
Anne Patterson said in a statement Wednesday that a joint investigation has established that U.S. helicopters mistook the soldiers for insurgents they had been pursuing.
Pakistan has said the attack on Sept.
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