Pakistani Political Leader Threatens To Close NATO Supply Routes From Afghanistan

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Pakistani Political Leader Says NATO Supply Routes Will Be Cut If U.S. Drone Strikes Continue -- Washington Post

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — The chief political leader in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province threatened Thursday to choke off key NATO supply routes if U.S. drone strikes on Pakistan continue, setting up a potential clash within the country’s national government.

Imran Khan, whose Movement for Justice party controls the northwestern province, said he feared that continued drone strikes would undermine efforts by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to hold peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban. Sharif said Thursday that dialogue has begun, though Taliban officials stress that the process will quickly unravel if the U.S. drone program is not halted. The latest suspected strike occurred Wednesday night.

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Update: ‘Stop drones or we stop Nato supplies’ - Imran Khan -- Gulf News

My Comment: This type of behavior is becoming all to predictable from Pakistan .... sign secret agreements on drone strikes ... and then condemn them or have someone else do the condemning and issuing of threats. I guess the U.S. was too quick in releasing this money two weeks ago.