The Pentagon has said an air strike by US forces in the Afghan-Pakistani border region, said to have killed 11 Pakistani soldiers, was legitimate.
It said US forces had acted in self-defence after coming under attack in clashes with pro-Taleban militias.
The US state department described the deaths as regrettable, and said there was a need for better communication.
Pakistan's military said earlier that the soldiers had died as a result of an "unprovoked and cowardly act".The incident took place on Tuesday night at a border post in the mountainous Gora Prai region of Mohmand, one of Pakistan's tribal areas, across the border from Afghanistan's Kunar province.
The US military confirmed that its forces based on the Afghan side of the border had launched artillery and air strikes after coming under fire from pro-Taleban forces.
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