Pakistani embassy spokesman in US contradicts statement attributed to its ambassador

By NNN-APP

Washington : A spokesman of the Pakistani embassy here has contradicted a news item appearing in a section of the press in which ambassador to the United States Mahmud Ali Durrani has been quoted as saying that Pakistani forces killed a top militant Abu Laith al-Libi in a recent operation.


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The spokesman said the ambassador did not claim that Libi had been killed as a result of operation carried out by Pakistani forces in North Waziristan.

The spokesman clarified that the ambassador had stated that about a dozen foreign terrorists were killed and the government was in the process of establishing their identity.

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