Pakistan lodged a protest with the United States
ISLAMABAD, April 13: Pakistan lodged a protest with the United States on Wednesday over the Angoor Adda drone attack, describing the continued drone raids as a ‘core irritant’ in counter-terrorism cooperation. An unusual aspect of the remonstration was that it was the first time in a couple of years that a démarche was made on a missile strike targeting militants — an indication that Islamabad may be revisiting its tacit tolerance of hits by pilotless predators on militant sites. Military sources confirmed to Dawn that those killed and injured in the drone attack on Wednesday were Afghans. “Pakistan strongly condemns the drone attack at Angoor Adda today. We have repeatedly said that such attacks are counter-productive and only contribute to strengthening the hands of terrorists,” Foreign Secretary Salman Bashir told US Ambassador Cameron Munter while lodging the protest with him. Foreign Office spokesperson Tehmina Janjua, however, emphasised that Mr Munter had not been summoned and h...