Pakistan Rejects A U.S. Request For More Drone Attacks Over A Wider Territory In Pakistan

Pakistan Rejects U.S. Drone Expansion -- L.A. Times

The government blocks the U.S. from pursuing missile strikes targeting Afghan Taliban leaders in new areas. The drone missions are deeply unpopular and an expansion could further weaken the president.

Pakistan has rejected a request from the United States to expand its drone missile campaign against Al Qaeda and Taliban militants, a decision that limits Washington's use of one of its most effective tools against insurgents hiding out in the country's northwest.

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