Pakistan News: Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen expressed regret on Monday for the deaths of Pakistani soldiers last week and said he hoped Pakistan's border would reopen for NATO supplies to Afghanistan as soon as possible. Angered by repeated attacks by NATO helicopters within its borders, Pakistan blocked one of the supply routes for NATO troops in Afghanistan after one strike killed three soldiers last week in the western Kurram region.
"I expressed my regret for the incident last week in which Pakistani soldiers lost their lives," Rasmussen said after a meeting with Pakistani Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi. "I expressed my hope the border will be open for supplies as soon as possible; the foreign minister committed work on that for which I am very grateful."
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