U.S. Curtails Drone Strikes In Pakistan As Officials There Seek Peace Talks With Taliban: The Washington Post

U.S. Curtails Drone Strikes In Pakistan: Report
Supporters of Pakistan's banned Islamic group Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) carry banners and shout anti-US slogans during a protest against US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal region, in Peshawar on November 29, 2013. A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed at least two suspected insurgents in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. AFP PHOTO / A MAJEED (Photo credit should read A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)
Supporters of Pakistan's banned Islamic group Jamaat-ud-Dawa (JuD) carry banners and shout anti-US slogans during a protest against US drone strikes in Pakistan's tribal region, in Peshawar on November 29, 2013. A US drone strike targeting a militant compound killed at least two suspected insurgents in a restive Pakistani tribal region near the Afghan border, officials said. AFP PHOTO / A MAJEED (Photo credit should read A Majeed/AFP/Getty Images)

The Obama administration has sharply curtailed drone strikes in Pakistan after a request from the government there for restraint as it pursues peace talks with the Pakistani Taliban, according to U.S. officials.

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