ISLAMABAD – The United States has made it clear to Pakistan that dronestrikes inside the Pakistani territory will continue until Islamabad“satisfies” Washington of indiscriminate action against all the militantgroups, The Nation has learnt.
Senior officials at the foreign ministry said that the US rejectedPakistan’s protests against the drone strikes, saying Pakistan would haveto “earn” an end to such attacks – by taking action against all themilitant outfits.
Citing recent contacts with Washington, an official said: “They [the US]believe we are sheltering some militant groups and are playing a doublegame. They want us link>to satisfy them for an endto the drone attacks link> . Itdoesn’t seem easy to satisfy them.”
He added: “We have told them [the US] about the resentment against the droneattacks link> inlink>Pakistanlink> . People want military reactionagainst the drone strikes, which could worsen the Pak-US tension. They [theUS] have not given any positive response so far.”
Last week, link>Pakistanlink> had warned that thedrone attackslink> by the USlink> inside the Pakistani territory could provedetrimental to the Pak-US partnership.
This came after a US link> drone strike in theKurram Agency killed two people.
Reports said two missiles hit a house in Spin Tal area.
The foreign office reacted sharply to the strike warning “such unilateralactions, as that of today (January 24), are detrimental to the spirit ofcooperation between the two countries in the fight against terrorism.”