As a result of the strike, Islamabad has boycotted a conference in Bonn of countries meeting Monday on ways to aid Afghanistan, which borders Pakistan, and has closed border crossings to North Atlantic Treaty Organization convoys trying to move supplies to U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defence has said several thousand who served on the Arctic Convoys had already received the Atlantic Star campaign medal, which was awarded for service in the Atlantic and home waters.