The bother of a taxi driver who was killed in the U.S. drone strike alongside Taliban chief Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Pakistan has filed a criminal case against unnamed United States officials.
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Ghani demanded of Pakistan to arrest and hand over Taliban leaders who find refuge in the country.
Drone attacks have proven extremely controversial with the Pakistani public and rights groups.
Pakistan was livid after the attack, saying it was major setback to Afghan peace process. If Pakistan failed to act, he said, Afghanistan would push for “responsible global entities” to “act outside of Afghanistan against the criminals whose hands are stained in the blood” of Afghans.
Jason Campbell, an associate policy analyst at the RAND Corporation, said that with the various interests and sides involved, it is very hard to know for certain how the USA was able to get Mansoor’s location to carry out the deadly drone strike.
Earlier, Pakistan had said DNA test will be performed to establish the identity of the man killed in the drone attack.
Pakistan Prime Minister’s Adviser on Foreign Affairs Sartaj Aziz had said on Thursday that all indicators confirmed that the person killed in the drone strike was Mansour.
Police on Sunday registered a case against USA officials for the drone attack on the complaint of brother of a taxi driver who was driving Mullah Mansour and perished in the missile attack along with the militant commander.
Defence analyst Lt Gen (retd) Abdul Qayyum said: “Army Chief Raheel Sharif also told U.S. ambassador David Hale that drone attacks were violation of Pakistan’s territorial integrity and sovereignty”. The driver, who was also killed in drone strike, was later identified as Mohammed Azam. Thousands of Afghan opposition troops paraded before their leaders on Monday in a symbolic sign that their army was ready to take on the Taliban and push to the gates of Kabul.
He said Pakistan helped the U.S. in Afghanistan and gave it a safe passage for exit. After the killing of Mansour, the QCG members might be adopting the “wait and see” approach on the peace process, we believe the efforts for the reconciliation process must go on unhindered with proper homework despite the setbacks that are expected to come in the way.
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