Mar 20, 2013

CNN: Drones killing innocent Pakistanis, U.N. official says

BBC: UN: Pakistan 'does not sanction' US drone strikes

The head of a UN team investigating US drone strikes in Pakistan has said that Islamabad does not consent to them and sees them as a territorial violation.

Ben Emmerson was speaking after a research trip to Pakistan.

However correspondents say the US could not launch drone strikes without tacit support from Pakistan.

They add that privately officials from both countries speak of an understanding as to why the drone programme has been allowed to continue.

It is estimated that between 2004 and 2013, CIA drone attacks in Pakistan killed up to 3,460 people.

Drones killing innocent Pakistanis, U.N. official says





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