Publication Date:
Wed, 2011-09-21 20:27
Army spokesman Maj. Gen. Athar Abbas says the chopper was flying over the Dir region near the Afghan border when it was attacked.
He says Maj. Gen. Javed Iqbal was shot in the leg during Wednesday’s incident, but that the chopper was able to continue flying.
He gave no more details.
Iqbal is the commanding officer in Pakistan’s northern Swat Valley, which the army wrestled out of Taleban hands in 2009.
Pakistan’s army is battling Islamist militants in several northwestern regions along its border with Afghanistan.
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