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In this photo taken on Nov. 30, 2011, Asfandyar Khan, father of Najibullah who was killed by NATO airstrikes on Pakistani posts along the Afghanistan border, lays a wreath on his son's grave in Kabuli Kili in Charsada in Pakistan
Friday, Dec. 02, 2011

Open quoteIf you hear American helicopters why would you lob mortars and machine gun fire at them?Close quote

  • UNNAMED U.S. SECURITY OFFICIAL,
  • speaks out on the growing diplomatic row after 24 Pakistani soldiers were inadvertently killed in an airstrike on Nov. 26. Officials are claiming that Pakistan gave the go-ahead for the strike, unaware its forces were still in the area
Photo: Mohammad Riaz / AP | Source: WSJ