ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan called on Saturday for more coordination with the United States to avoid any repetition of last week's U.S. air strike in a tribal region that triggered outrage in the Muslim nation.
Eighteen civilians, including women and children, were killed in the strike on Damadola village in the Bajaur tribal region near the border with Afghanistan, which U.S. officials said was aimed at al Qaeda's second-in-command Ayman al-Zawahri.
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