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24th April 2011, 10:23
Pakistani authorities have reportedly stopped all the US operations at Shamsi Air Base in the restive southwestern province of Balochistan.
"Yes I can confirm Shamsi air base is no more under the use of American and 150 US personnel stationed at the base have left," NBC quoted senior Pakistani military intelligence officials as saying.
The move comes just hours after two US drones fired missiles into the North Waziristan tribal region, killing 25 people including women and children.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been using the air base to station its unmanned predator drones.
The drones have been used to attack targets inside Pakistan's tribal areas killing several hundred innocent civilians.
The base was also extensively used in 2001 when the US started the invasion of Afghanistan.
Relations between Islamabad and Washington have been tense amid repeated breach of Pakistani sovereignty by US forces.
source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/176349.html
"Yes I can confirm Shamsi air base is no more under the use of American and 150 US personnel stationed at the base have left," NBC quoted senior Pakistani military intelligence officials as saying.
The move comes just hours after two US drones fired missiles into the North Waziristan tribal region, killing 25 people including women and children.
The Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has been using the air base to station its unmanned predator drones.
The drones have been used to attack targets inside Pakistan's tribal areas killing several hundred innocent civilians.
The base was also extensively used in 2001 when the US started the invasion of Afghanistan.
Relations between Islamabad and Washington have been tense amid repeated breach of Pakistani sovereignty by US forces.
source
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/176349.html