Monday, December 12, 2011

U.S. Drones Leave Pakistani Air Base

Pakistani soldiers at Shamsi air base on Sunday, in a photograph provided by the Pakistani military’s public relations arm. Reuters

US Military Vacates Pakistani Air Base -- Voice of America

U.S. military vacated an air base in Pakistan's southwest Sunday, meeting a December 11 deadline set by Islamabad in response to NATO's November 26 air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

The Pakistani military said it took over the Shamsi base in Baluchistan province shortly after the last U.S. personnel departed.

The Pakistani government ordered the move as part of several punitive measures reflecting Pakistani anger about the deadly incident. Islamabad also closed its border crossings to trucks delivering supplies to NATO forces in land-locked Afghanistan and boycotted an international conference in Bonn on Afghanistan's future.

There was no immediate confirmation of the base withdrawal from U.S. officials.

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More News On US Drone Operators (And Drones) Leaving Pakistan

C.I.A. Leaves Base in Pakistan Used for Drone Strikes -- New York Times
U.S. Departs Pakistan Airbase to Meet Demand Over Troop Deaths -- Bloomberg Businessweek
US Military Vacates Pakistani Air Base -- Voice of America
Pakistan Says U.S. Vacated Air Base Used for Drone Strikes -- Wall Street Journal
U.S. vacates Shamsi airbase within time limit: Pakistani PM -- Xinhuanet
US meets deadline to vacate Pakistan air base -- MSNBC
Pakistan takes control of Shamsi airbase as US forces leave -- Times of India
US vacates airbase; FC in control -- DAWN
Pakistan says U.S. drones in its air space will be shot down -- MSNBC

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