There's a way around that.
The Rules of Engagement may call for the local commander to need permission to engage in a firefight unless he is attacked in his compound. The next person up the line has the same ROE, as does the next until you get to someone who knows and just doesn't answer the request.
Apparently the Predator strikes are unofficially sanctioned by the Paks, who reserve the right to CYA protests. But that doesn't involve informing local forces.
Arf