WASHINGTON, D.C.: United States (US) President Barack Obama promised on Wednesday (Thursday in Manila) to consider Pakistan’s concerns in post-war Afghanistan, but stayed mum on a call by Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to end drone strikes.
Obama welcomed Sharif to the White House after releasing $1.6 billion in aid—mostly for the military—that had been blocked amid high tensions over the 2011 raid that killed Osama bin Laden.
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