U.S. Set to Admit Error in Fatal Airstrike on Pakistan Troops, WSJ Reports

The U.S. is about to admit that it bore “significant responsibility” for the Nov. 26 air strike in an Afghan border area that resulted in the deaths of 24 Pakistani soldiers, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified U.S. officials familiar with the report of a military investigation.

The investigation concluded that U.S. and Afghan commandos incorrectly judged that no Pakistani forces were in the area, thus confirming key elememnts in Pakistan’s version of events, the newspaper said.

Initial U.S. accounts were based on preliminary and incomplete debriefings of service members, the Journal said.

To contact the editor responsible for this story: Alan Purkiss at apurkiss@bloomberg.net

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