Salala Checkpoint Helicopter Attack (Mohmand Agency) – Nov 2011
Date: 26/11/2011
Location: Mohmand Agency, FATA, Pakistan
Perpetrators: United States / ISAF
Victims: 28 Pakistani soldiers killed, 11+ injured
What Happened?
26 November 2011: 28 soldiers of the Frontier Corps, Pakistan’s paramilitary force responsible for patrolling its borders with Afghanistan and Iran, were killed and 11+ injured after a United States / ISAF helicopter opened fire on their mountain checkpost.
No official explanation was given for this attack. Pakistan responded by ordering the vacating of the Shamsi Airfield used by the United States in its Balochistan province. It also closed the Khyber Pass / Torkham Border used to supply US / ISAF forces in Afghanistan via Karachi.
References
Bill Roggio. (2011). Pakistan Orders Closure of Key US Airbase After ISAF Troops Conduct Cross-Border Attack. Retrieved from FDD’s Long War Journal.
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