U.S. - Pakistan Ties Are At the Breaking Point

Airstrike Ravages U.S.-Pakistan Ties -- Wall Street Journal

Kabul, Western Officials Say NATO and Afghan Forces Came Under Fire Before Deadly Attack; Relations Further Imperiled.

Afghan and Western officials on Sunday said NATO and Afghan forces came under fire from across the Pakistan border on Saturday before they called in a deadly airstrike on two Pakistani military posts, in an incident that has left U.S.-Pakistan relations in tatters.

Pakistan's military denied firing on North Atlantic Treaty Organization forces, calling the "unprovoked" raid on the border posts an "irresponsible act."

The sharp spike in tensions threw fresh doubt on U.S. efforts to coax greater cooperation from Pakistan in rooting out militants on its side of the Afghan border and in bringing the Taliban to the negotiating table to try to wind down the 10-year-old war.

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More News On The Collapse Of U.S. - Pakistani Ties

Pakistan gives America two-week ultimatum to abandon 'secret' airbase and closes border: Hundreds of Afghan-bound supply trucks line up as tensions mount -- Daily Mail
New crisis for US-Pakistani ties -- BBC
In Fog of War, Rift Widens Between U.S. and Pakistan -- New York Times
NATO airstrike strains U.S.-Pakistan relations -- Washington Post --
Air strike leaves US ties with Pakistan in tatters -- Sydney Morning Herald
US-Pakistan relations at breaking point after air strike deaths -- Scotsman
US scrambles to patch up relations as rage spreads at Pakistani deaths -- The Independent
Pakistan seethes after U.S. border attack -- Miami Herald/McClatchy
US scrambles to repair Pakistan relations -- Financial Times
Enraged Pakistanis burn Obama effigy, slam US -- Yahoo News/AFP
Nato braces for reprisals after deadly air strike on Pakistan border post -- The Guardian
Factbox: Ties between Pakistan and U.S. in crisis -- Reuters