Where is shamsi base

The decision of the country's defence committee of the cabinet is an admission that Shamsi remains in American hands. The committee announced that the government would "revisit and undertake a complete review of all programmes, activities and co-operative arrangements" with the US, and US-led forces in Afghanistan, "including diplomatic, political, military and intelligence".

Relations between Islamabad and Washington were already under deep strain before the incident, in which helicopters from the International Security Assistance Force Isaf operating in Afghanistan shelled checkpoints on the Pakistani side, apparently in error.

Although there have been previous deaths of Pakistani troops caused by mistaken fire from coalition aircraft, the scale of the bloodshed this time was far greater. Pakistan's army chief, Ashfaq Kayani, put the death toll at Other reports put the number killed as high as The border between Pakistan's tribal area and Afghanistan is poorly marked. Insurgents who use the tribal area as a safe haven often fire on coalition and Afghan troops from positions close to Pakistani checkpoints, raising US suspicions that the Pakistani military collaborates with the insurgents.

Isaf and the Pakistan military have poor communication and maps of Pakistani checkpoints and the Afghan border do not always match. The death of two dozen Pakistani soldiers in a NATO attack was a "symbolic event indicating the progressive deterioration" of US-Pakistan bilateral ties. Have you read these stories? Tamil Nadu reports 14 deaths amid heavy rains Updated: Nov 12, , As many as 14 people have lost their lives in Tamil Nadu due to heavy rains.

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An America flag that was previously hoisted at the airbase was lowered today, TV news channels reported. Personnel from the Civil Aviation Authority and Frontier Corps had earlier moved into the base to oversee the immigration procedures for the Americans and to provide security.

The US personnel had removed radars and other sensitive equipment from the base. Much of the gear and at least five drones were transferred to Afghanistan.