Pakistan disputes US air strike due to database gap
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The Pakistan military has rejected US media reports that an American air strike which killed 11 Pakistani soldiers happened because the US military did not have the location of the soldiers' post in the Mohmand tribal region.
Pakistan's military spokesman Major General Athar Abbas says the U.S. military has been provided with information and marked maps indicating the location of all Pakistani posts.
Pakistan has about 90,000 troops stationed in tribal lands on the Afghan border to counter the militant threat.
On June 10 U.S. coalition ground forces in Afghanistan called in air support after coming under fire from positions on a ridge overlooking the border.
Around eight militants were killed in the air strike, but it also hit the border post manned by Pakistani paramilitary troops.
