(MENAFN- Arab Times) Pakistan's military says the country's army chief met with US Ambassador David Hale to express Islamabad's serious concerns over the drone strike that killed the former Taleban leader. Wednesday's military statement says army chief Gen.
Raheel Sharif denounced "such acts of sovereignty violations" as "detrimental to relations and counterproductive for the ongoing peace process." Sharif insisted that "Pakistan's efforts, successes and sacrifices in fight against terrorism have been unparalleled." Taleban leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour was killed inside Pakistan in the drone strike on Saturday that hit his vehicle in Baluchistan province.
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