Correction For The Record: NATO Aircraft

February 04, 2010

Islamabad - A national daily newspaper published an article today claiming, yet again, that NATO aircraft violated Pakistan's airspace in the Zhob district yesterday.

This accusation is entirely false.  No NATO aircraft flew over the Zhob district as alleged in the article. Coalition and U.S. air operations in Afghanistan conducted along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region are closely coordinated with Pakistan's Air Force.

We refer questions concerning the integrity of Pakistani airspace to the Pakistan Air Force.