Pakistan repeats call for US apology

Speaking to reporters in the Afghan capital Kabul on Thursday, Pakistani Foreign Minister Hina Rabbani Khar said Islamabad will not consider reopening the border crossings used to transfer supplies to the US-led forces deployed in Afghanistan, Reuters reported.

From October 2001 to November 2011, Pakistani routes used to serve as the main passageways for the transfer of supplies to the NATO forces.

Islamabad closed the border crossings after the Pakistani soldiers were killed in the US-led aerial assaults on two checkpoints on the Afghan border on November 26.

Khar said the country will keep the crossings closed unless the US makes an unconditional apology for the attacks and reassures Pakistan that such incidents will never happen again.

She also denied reports that the closure of the supply routes are due to haggling over transportation fees with the US.

Washington has so far refused to comply with Islamabad’s repeated requests for an apology for the acts of aggression.

On Monday, Pentagon spokesman George Little stated that a US team of negotiators were leaving Pakistan, having failed to secure a deal with Islamabad on the reopening of the supply lines.

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