US military resumes quake relief flights

The US military resumed relief flights in northern Pakistan today but would stay a “safe distance” from where one of its choppers allegedly came under attack as it ferried supplies to victims of the massive earthquake in divided Kashmir, a spokesman said.

In an account disputed by Pakistan’s army, the US military reported that assailants fired a rocket-propelled grenade at a US CH-47 Chinook helicopter around yesterday as it flew over Chakothi, near the Line of Control that separates the Pakistani and Indian portions of Kashmir.