Pakistan's strange complaint about missile attack

AP/CNN:

Pakistan's army lodged a formal protest Friday to "allied forces" in neighboring Afghanistan over a suspected U.S. missile strike this week that killed 14 people in a Pakistani border village.

Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas said Pakistan concluded that Wednesday's attack on a house in Damadola village was launched by drones from Afghanistan.

Abbas said a formal protest was lodged Friday with "allied forces" in Afghanistan, an apparent reference to the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force that is fighting the Taliban-led insurgency there. The U.S. is among the nations contributing to ISAF.

Abbas said 14 people died in the attack.

It was unclear if any foreign militants were killed because local tribesmen had sealed off the area in the aftermath and buried the victims, he said.

Islamist parties, regional lawmakers and the governor of Pakistan's volatile North West Frontier Province have already condemned the attack as a violation of the country's sovereignty. Gov. Ovais Ahmed Ghani warned that it would undermine public support for Pakistan's efforts against terrorism.

It was the first such strike since Pakistan's new civilian government took power six weeks ago. A similar air strike in 2006 by a CIA drone targeted, and missed, al Qaeda's No. 2 leader, Ayman al-Zawahri.

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But wait, isn't this the same new government that says it is OK for the Taliban to attack Afghanistan from Pakistan? Yes it is. As I understand the "logic" of the new government's position it is OK for Taliban to use Pakistan territory as a sanctuary for attacking in Afghanistan, but it is not OK for those in Afghanistan to shoot back in Pakistan. Which raises the question, is the new government really that out of touch with the reality of warfare and their own responsibility to prohibit the use of their country for attacks on another? Apparently they are.