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India-Pakistan
Drone strikes 'hurting' war on terror, Nawaz tells Hagel
2013-12-10
[Pak Daily Times] Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif
... served two non-consecutive terms as prime minister, heads the Pakistain Moslem League (Nawaz). Noted for his spectacular corruption, the 1998 Pak nuclear test, border war with India, and for being tossed by General Musharraf...
told Pentagon chief Chuck Hagel on Monday that US drone strikes were "counter-productive" as Washington pushed for supply routes to Afghanistan to be kept open.

In the first visit by a US defence secretary for nearly four years, Hagel flew from Kabul to Pakistain to meet the premier and the new army chief, General Raheel Sharif. Ties have been seriously strained over US drone strikes in Pakistain's tribal belt as well as over sanctuaries for Afghan Taliban forces of Evil inside Pakistain's borders. Nawaz "reaffirmed Pakistain's support for the Afghan peace and reconciliation process", a government statement said after the talks.

"The prime minister also conveyed Pakistain's deep concern over continuing US drone strikes, stressing that drone strikes were counter-productive to our efforts to combat terrorism." President Barack Obama
I mean, I do think at a certain point you've made enough money...
has defended the drone strikes as an effective, lawful tool used with restraint to target suspected al Qaeda bad boys. But human rights
When they're defined by the state or an NGO they don't mean much...
groups and Pak politicians say the missile attacks have killed innocent civilians and are a beach of illusory sovereignty.
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