Pakistan Kills Plan to Expand Drone Attacks
CNN reports:
Pakistan has rejected a U.S. request to expand drone access to more of the country, two senior Pakistani military officials told CNN.
"Neither the government nor the military is in a position to face possible domestic pressure on the expansion of drones," one of the officials said.
Pakistan's military and its civilian government have, however, agreed to expand intelligence-sharing with the United States, including enhancement of intelligence using CIA officials in the country, a second official said. "Pakistan has given a green light to the U.S. to enhance its intelligence capability on Pakistan's soil."
The officials asked not to be named because of the sensitivity of the matter and because they were not authorized to speak to the media.
The United States made the request, to extend drone use into the western Pakistan city of Quetta and other tribal areas near the Afghan border, about three weeks ago, a senior NATO military official told CNN.
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