10 June 2016

News Story: Pakistan to raise U.S. drone attack issue at UN - adviser

ISLAMABAD, June 9 (Xinhua) -- Pakistan will raise the issue of U.S. drone attacks in the United Nations as they are against the country's sovereignty, the country's top foreign affairs adviser Sartaj Aziz said on Thursday.

Aziz was speaking at a news conference weeks after an American spy aircraft killed the Afghan Taliban chief, Mullah Akhtar Mansoor, in Balochistan province.

The attack on May 21 occurred at a time when diplomatic efforts were underway to bring the Afghan Taliban to the negotiation table.

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