Pakistan's Prime Minister Yusuf Raza Gilani has condemned an air strike by Afghanistan-based US forces that Islamabad says killed 11 of its troops.
The incident took place inside Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan.
The incident comes as relations between the US and Pakistan militaries have been hit by mounting tensions.
The soldiers' deaths occurred overnight at a border post in the mountainous Gora Prai region in Mohmand, one of Pakistan's tribal areas, across the border from Afghanistan's Kunar province.
Cowardly act
It is the worst incident of its kind since US and Nato-led forces began fighting militants in Afghanistan in 2001.
Prime Minister Gilani condemned the deaths, telling parliament: "We will take a stand for the sake of this country's sovereignty, for the sake of its dignity and self-respect".
"We do not allow our territory to be used. We completely condemn this, and will take it up through the foreign office."
Pakistan's military called it a "completely unprovoked and cowardly act".
There is increasing anger in Pakistan at US strikes on its territory which have killed more than 50 people this year, says the BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad.
The incident took place inside Pakistan, near the border with Afghanistan.
The incident comes as relations between the US and Pakistan militaries have been hit by mounting tensions.
The soldiers' deaths occurred overnight at a border post in the mountainous Gora Prai region in Mohmand, one of Pakistan's tribal areas, across the border from Afghanistan's Kunar province.
Cowardly act
It is the worst incident of its kind since US and Nato-led forces began fighting militants in Afghanistan in 2001.
Prime Minister Gilani condemned the deaths, telling parliament: "We will take a stand for the sake of this country's sovereignty, for the sake of its dignity and self-respect".
"We do not allow our territory to be used. We completely condemn this, and will take it up through the foreign office."
Pakistan's military called it a "completely unprovoked and cowardly act".
There is increasing anger in Pakistan at US strikes on its territory which have killed more than 50 people this year, says the BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad.
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