Pakistan’s ambassador to Washington said his country would rather have technical expertise with which it can combat militants on its border with Afghanistan than have the U.S. fire missiles into Pakistani territory.
“Pakistan prefers to do everything on the Pakistani side of the border itself,” Ambassador Husain Haqqani told NPR’s Robert Siegel. “And the reason is very simple: We have a military capability in certain areas and in some areas we lack certain technical capabilities and we would like that technical capabilities for ourselves.”
Pakistani public opinion against U.S. missile strikes by unmanned drones is high. (more…)
