“I can’t believe the Pakistanis would do such a thing and then lie about it,” said absolutely no one.

Afghan troops and coalition forces came under fire from the direction of two Pakistan army border posts, prompting them to call in NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, Afghan officials said Sunday. The account challenges Islamabad’s claims that the attacks, which have plunged U.S.-Pakistan ties to new lows, were unprovoked.

Remember that Pakistan’s ISI agency created, backed, and sheltered the Taliban. And Pakistan itself likely sheltered Osama Bin Laden for years in Abottabad. They were also outraged — outraged! — when we dared to kill him. So their on these matters is, shall we say, unreliable.