Tensions Worsen Between US and Pakistan

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Pakistan arrested a number of the country’s CIA operatives, who had helped the U.S. find and kill Osama bin Laden. After bin Laden’s death, Pakistan’s military has been mired in a crisis of confidence, and has distanced itself from working with U.S. intelligence in order to combat militant groups in Pakistan. The effect that this fallout with Pakistan may have on the drone program has many U.S. officials worried. Eric Schmitt, senior writer and terrorism correspondent for The New York Times, reports on the arrests and the relationship between the two countries.

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