United States and Pakistan intelligence officials are resetting high-level counterterrorism duscussions later this month. Pakistan’s spy chief set to visit Washington. The talks and the relationship broke down over a deadly border incident last year. Among the issues to be discussed –CIA drone strikes. Pakistani officials want to replace the CIA drones with Pakistani F-16 strikes, and eventually its own armed drone fleet – something U.S. officials are not keen on.

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