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Kerry: Obama has timeline for ending Pakistan drone strikes 'very, very soon' ... when?
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Settled on 11/03/2013 20:44 Settled by
kruijs"This is not just the killing of one person, it's the death of all peace efforts," Pakistan’s Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said, according to the BBC.
The Pakistani Taliban confirmed Saturday that its leader was killed by a U.S. drone strike.
The Taliban’s leaders met Saturday to appoint a new leader after Mehsud was killed in the drone attack on Friday.
http://thehill.com/blogs/defcon-hill/operations/189049-pakistani-taliban-confirm-leader-killed-in-drone-attack
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Secretary of State John Kerry, on a visit to Islamabad, made his remarks in an interview with Pakistan TV. The comments were made available via the media pool reporter covering the trip.
The visit, which began Wednesday, was expected to address a wide range of topics, including "promoting security, strengthening the Pakistani economy, and reinforcing people-to-people ties between the United States and Pakistan, in addition to regional topics of mutual interest," according to the State Department.
However, the issue of U.S. counter-terrorism is one of the most sensitive topics between the two nations. The U.S. strikes on alleged Taliban and al-Qaeda targets along the Afghanistan-Pakistan border region have infuriated many Pakistanis.
As to the existence of a U.S. timeline for cessation, he added: "I think the President has a very real timeline and we hope it’s going to be very, very soon."
http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/08/01/19818853-kerry-obama-has-timeline-for-ending-pakistan-drone-strikes-very-very-soon?lite
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