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Pakistan air force chief gives orders to ‘shoot down’ US drones

Pakistan had always condemned the drone strikes until the decision

Ersin Çelik
13:22 - 8/12/2017 Cuma
Update: 16:18 - 8/12/2017 Cuma
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Pakistan Air Force Chief Sohial Aman
Pakistan Air Force Chief Sohial Aman

Pakistan Air Force Chief Sohial Aman has ordered his force to shoot down any drones that violates the country’s air space, including those of the United States.

Pakistan considers the unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) attacks by the U.S. on its lands as a violation to its sovereignty. The country had always condemned the attacks, but it will shoot down the drones that attack its lands from now on.

Addressing an audience on Friday in Islamabad, Aman said: "We will not allow anyone to violate our airspace. I have ordered PAF to shoot down drones, including those of the U.S., if they enter our airspace, violating the country's sovereignty and territorial integrity.”

Since 2004, the U.S. has violated Pakistani airspace on various occasions, the CIA being responsible for all of these. Pakistani Foreign Ministry issued a condemnatory statement that declares Pakistan will not allow such attacks on its soils after each violation.

The United States in September had neutralized three militants in the Kurram Tribal Agency in the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) in a drone attack. Local security authorities said two missiles were launched on a house in the Kurram Tribal Agency near Afghanistan’s border from a U.S. army drone.

Afghan Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar was killed in a drone strike by the U.S. in Pakistan’s Balochistan province in May 2016.

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