WASHINGTON: The American military has briefed Pakistan’s army chief on its investigation into US air strikes on the country’s border posts last month, US officials said on Tuesday.

Pentagon spokesman Captain John Kirby told reporters that a report by military investigators was delivered to Gen Ashfaq Kayani on Sunday by a US officer based in Islamabad, who explained the findings to the general. But a Pakistani security official told AFP “no such briefing took place and the report was not handed over in person to the army chief”.

“The report was delivered to the concerned department (of the army headquarters) but not to the chief,” the official said.

Pakistan has yet to give a detailed public response to the report, but officials have expressed irritation that elements were initially leaked to American newspapers last week.—AFP