US acknowledges Pak drone program: LATimes
Central Command and other military officials say the joint effort does not include the use of armed strikes on suspected militant positions, only intelligence gathering.
The U.S. military has flown drones into Pakistan at least a dozen times in recent weeks in cooperation with the Pakistanis as part of a new program, U.S. officials acknowledged Wednesday. The military conducted test flights in March to demonstrate intelligence gathering capabilities to the Pakistanis. Those were
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