Pakistani officials say the country will boycott an upcoming meeting in Germany on the future of Afghanistan to protest a deadly attack by U.S.-led forces on its troops.The officials say the decision was taken during a Cabinet meeting on Tuesday in the city of Lahore.
The decision reflects Pakistan's anger over the incident on Saturday that killed 24 soldiers along the border between Afghanistan and Pakistan. The decision comes after a U.S. military account of the strike suggested the deaths resulted from a case of mistaken identity.U.S. officials are working on the assumption the Taliban chose the location for the first attack, to create just such confusion, and draw U.S. and Pakistani forces into firing on each other, according to U.S. officials briefed on the operation.
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