Pakistan's president hails US anti-terror co-operation

Pakistan’s president today said co-operation with America in the war on terror was “excellent” despite a US missile strike on a border village that targeted al-Qaida leaders, but also killed 13 civilians, including women and children.

In Islamabad, President General Pervez Musharraf said Pakistan’s sovereignty had been violated by the January 13 missile attack on the north-western tribal region of Bajur near the Afghan border.

He also expressed regret that women and children died in the attack. But he said that the locals were “guilty of harbouring people who are carrying out terrorism in Pakistan and outside in the world”.