US Cuts Back Drone Strikes as Pakistan Talks to Taliban


US Cuts Back Drone Strikes as Pakistan Talks to Taliban

TEHRAN (Tasnim) – The United States has cut back sharply on drone strikes in Pakistan after the Islamabad government asked for restraint while it seeks peace talks with the country’s Taliban.

A US official, quoted in the Washington Post, told the paper: “That’s what they asked for, and we didn’t tell them no.”

The newspaper said that there had been a lull in such attacks since December, the longest break since 2011.

The newspaper meanwhile said that the Obama administration indicated it would continue carrying out strikes on senior al-Qaeda officials if they were to become available or to thwart any immediate threat to Americans.

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