Pakistani Shi’ite Muslims set fire to US, Israel, and NATO flags yesterday in Karachi. The United States finds Pakistani cooperation vital for peace talks with Afghan insurgent leaders.
(ASIF HASSAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
Pakistan PM seeks to mend US relations in wake of NATO strike
But Islamabad sees chance for leverage in D.C.
Pakistani Shi’ite Muslims set fire to US, Israel, and NATO flags yesterday in Karachi. The United States finds Pakistani cooperation vital for peace talks with Afghan insurgent leaders.
(ASIF HASSAN/AFP/GETTY IMAGES)
In an overture to Washington, Pakistan’s prime minister said Monday his country wants to repair US relations pushed close to rupture since NATO airstrikes on the Afghan border killed 24 Pakistani troops last month. Yousuf Raza Gilani comments were the strongest indication yet that Islamabad realizes Pakistan needs an alliance with Washington even as it continues retaliating for the Nov. 26 raid by blocking NATO and US supplies from traveling over its soil.
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