US drones strike Pakistan again

On the morning of May 26, a US drone struck a Taliban stronghold in Pakistan's northwestern tribal belt, killing four militants and injuring two.

The incident occurred at a time when relations between the US and Pakistan were facing many difficulties.

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According to Pakistan's Samaa TV channel, the airstrike was carried out at 4:30 a.m. (local time). A US drone fired two missiles at a house suspected to be a Taliban hideout in the main town of Miranshah, in the North Waziristan region.

This is the batchair strikeThis is the third US drone strike in North Waziristan in just four days. At least 112 people have been killed in such strikes since the beginning of the year.

The US considers Pakistan's semi-autonomous tribal belt bordering Afghanistan to be a major base for Taliban and Al Qaeda elements.

However, the Pakistani government did not respond to US pressure to launch a large-scale military campaign in this region because it considered such deployment too widespread.

Relations between Washington and Islamabad have been in crisis since last year following a series of incidents, including a US "mistaken" airstrike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in November 2011.

After this airstrike, Pakistan closed NATO's supply route to Afghanistan through Pakistani territory, demanding that the US withdraw from an airbase believed to be the center for launching airstrikes.

Last March, Pakistan's parliament agreed to rebuild relations with the United States, but only if Washington apologized for the "wrong" airstrike and ended its air campaign on Pakistani territory.

But the US still believes drone strikes are a valuable tactic in the fight against Al Qaeda and Islamic militants.

However, on May 23, the Islamabad government sentenced a doctor who helped the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) find terrorist Osama bin Laden to 33 years in prison.

The ruling could further strain relations between Pakistan and the US at a time when the two countries are conducting difficult negotiations on reopening NATO supply routes for the US-led coalition in Afghanistan./.

According to (TTXVN)- DT