cnn s rez acehal joins me from islamabad. first off, what do we know in terms of specifics about the attacks? reporter: ted, the most detailed account we re getting is from pakistani officials. it s important to note that u.s. and nato officials have yet to say this is what happened. this is what pakistan is saying happened. essentially officials are saying in the early morning hours of saturday a nato air strike hit two military check posts on pakistani soil killing at least 24 pakistani soldiers. they say this incident happened in a place called mohmens, a district in the tribal region right along the afghanistan border. there s a lot of militant activity in this region. what you have often is pakistani troops, nato troops carrying out a lot of operations here but the agreement is for pakistan to stay on its side and fate toe to stay on its side. officials here say that s not what happened. these air strikes hit these two check posts on pakistani soil. not the first time
first off, what do we know in terms of specifics about the attacks? reporter: ted, the most detailed account we re getting is from pakistani officials. it s important to note that u.s. and nato officials have yet to say this is what happened. this is what pakistan is saying happened. essentially officials are saying in the early morning hours of saturday a nato air strike hit two military check posts on pakistani soil killing at least 24 pakistani soldiers. they say this incident happened in a place called mohmens, a district in the tribal region right along the afghanistan border. there s a lot of militant activity in this region. what you have often is pakistani troops, nato troops carrying out a lot of operations here but the agreement is for pakistan to stay on its side and nato to stay on its side. officials here say that s not what happened. these air strikes hit these two check posts on pakistani soil. not the first time this has happened, ted. last year, another nat
needed supplies just sit across the border. cnn s reza sayah joins me from islamabad with more. reza, first off, what do we know in terms of specifics about the attacks? reporter: ted, the most detailed account we re getting is from pakistani officials. and it s important to note that u.s. and nato officials have yet to say that this is exactly what happened. this is what pakistan is saying happened. essentially officials here are saying in the early morning hours of saturday a nato air strike hit two military check posts on pakistani soil, killing at least 24 pakistani soldiers. they say this incident happened in a place called mohmens, a district in pakistan s tribal region right along the afghanistan border. there s a lot of militant activity in this region. what you have often is pakistani troops. nato troops carrying out a lot of operations here. but the agreement is for pakistan to stay on its side and nato to stay on its side. but officials here in pakistan say that
even threatened with death. now they are within sight of safety. this metal gate, their last hurdle. buck cling under the weight of his suitcase, crushed by the tide of humanity behind him, this man collapses. his body is hauled over the gate. teams are waiting to revive him. they have seen this so many times. you re safe, this medic reassures him, but the man is so traumatized, he can t even say his name. some of these people have been stuck in no man s land between the border of tunisia and libya for days now, desperate to get to safety. but the authorities appear to be increasingly struggling to keep the situation at this border crossing under control. the number of refugees here growing at an alarming rate.
the libyan government it turning against them. arwa damon joins me from tunisia for today s two at the top. arwa, you just rurnled from the tunisia/libyan border. what do you see? reporter: christine, it really is a tragic and desperate situation there. thousands, if not more, are trapped in no-man s-land between libya and tunisia, so desperate to get across they were literally trom pelling on top of one another. suitcases being passed overhead. tunisian authorities put up a metal gate. people were climbing over. we saw one man collapse under