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US vacated Shamsi airbase on Pak demand: Munter

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The US top envoy to Pakistan says Washington is complying with demand to vacate an air base.

The US ambassador to Pakistan says Washington is complying with Islamabads demand to vacate an air base that has been used by American drones.Pakistan gave the US until Dec. 11 to vacate Shamsi air base in southwest Baluchistan province after NATO airstrikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.Ambassador Cameron Munter said in an interview with local TV on Monday that the U.S. is doing everything it can to vacate Shamsi by the deadline.The move is not expected to significantly curtail US drone attacks in Pakistan since the base was only used to service drones that had mechanical or weather difficulties.The US does not publicly acknowledge the drone program in Pakistan. But American officials have said privately that the strikes have killed many militants.
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