KHAR, Pakistan (AP) — Officials say the death toll from an alleged NATO helicopter attack on a Pakistani army checkpoint near the Afghan border has risen to 15 soldiers.
A Pakistani government official and a security official say the dead from Friday night’s attack in the Mohmand tribal area include two officers. They said Saturday that the attack also wounded seven soldiers.
The government official was based in Mohmand and the security official in Peshawar, the main city in Pakistan’s northwest. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the media.
NATO officials in Kabul said Saturday they were aware of the incident, and would release more information after they were able to gather more facts about what happened.
