The New York Times newspaper said Pakistan has demanded that the US steeply reduce the number of CIA operatives and Special Operations forces working in Pakistan, and that it put on hold CIA drone attacks aimed at fighters in northwest Pakistan.[...]
The reductions were personally demanded by the chief of the Pakistan army, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani.
CIA drone attacks. And you thought the CIA was an intelligence-gathering organization.
Pakistani officials complain that the CIA has been freelancing on its soil, running dozens of US citizens doing low-level espionage missions in their country.[...]
[T]he Pakistanis want the CIA to identify all its employees in Pakistan.
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In all, about 335 American personnel - CIA officers and contractors and Special Operations forces - were being asked to leave the country.
About 335, plus the ones that haven’t been identified?
I guess it never hurts to ask, but this is how the CIA spokesperson delivered it:
"The United States and Pakistan share a wide range of mutual interests, and today's exchange emphasised the need to continue to work closely together, including on our common fight against terrorist networks that threaten both countries."
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