US insists Pak ease limits on staffers: wsj
The U.S. Embassy in Islamabad demanded that Pakistan stop detaining American diplomats at police checkpoints on the country’s roads — an unusual public complaint intended, in part, to counter rumors of U.S. plots against Pakistan.
U.S. officials privately say the traffic stops, which they describe as harassment, are part of…
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