Pakistan on Monday, summoned US ambassador David Hale to the foreign ministry to voice concerns over Saturday’s drone strike that killed Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansoor.
Special Assistant to the Prime Minister on Foreign Affairs, Syed Tariq Fatemi, pointed out that the drone strike was a violation of Pakistan’s sovereignty and a breach of the United Nation’s Charter that guarantees the inviolability of the territorial integrity of its member states.
Fatemi said although Pakistan and the US had been closely coordinating in the fight against terrorism, such actions could adversely impact the ongoing efforts by the Quadrilateral Coordination Group to facilitate peace talks between the Afghan government and the Taliban.
Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansoor was killed in the drone strike on his vehicle in a small town Ahmad Wal in Nushki district of Pakistan’s south-west province of Balochistan, which borders Afghanistan.
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