U.S. Departs Pakistan Airbase to Meet Demand Over Air Strike

The U.S. withdrew its last personnel from a Pakistani military base it used to launch Predator drone missions in response to a demand made after a NATO strike killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

Already tense U.S.-Pakistan relations were further stretched by the Nov. 25 attack on Pakistani army posts along the border with Afghanistan. The U.S. and NATO have denied Pakistani assertions that the raid was deliberate and have begun an investigation into the killings in a region where Pakistani forces have been battling Taliban militants.