US Puts Drone Strikes Inside Pak On Hold : Report

The US has put its covert air campaign that targets al-Qaeda and Taliban operatives in Pakistan’s tribal agencies “on hold”, in the wake of strained ties between the two countries.

Several US intelligence officials involved in the CIA programme, which uses unmanned Predator and Reaper strike aircraft, more commonly called drones, said the strikes were on hold due to fears that an attack at this point in time would further damage the already fragile relationship, the The Long War Journal reported

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