Friendly fire kills 13 Pakistani troops

FE Team | Published: March 30, 2011 00:00:00 | Updated: February 01, 2018 00:00:00

PESHAWAR,, Mar 29 (AP): Friendly fire killed 11 Pakistani troops and two officers caught up in a militant ambush close to the Afghan border, a top commander said Tuesday. The incident was an unusually deadly one for Pakistani security forces battling al-Qaida and Taliban militants in the northwest of the country. The victims were from the paramilitary Frontier Corp, which is being trained by a small contingent of American special forces. Gen. Asif Yasin Malik said a mortar fell short during the fight in the Khyber region. The slain men included a colonel and a captain. Officials initially said 11 men were killed in the incident Monday.