However, last month Mr Obama, who won the Nobel Peace Prize shortly after
taking office, confirmed that the US was using unmanned aircraft in the
skies over Pakistan.
“For the most part, they’ve been very precise precision strikes against
al Qaeda and their affiliates, and we’re very careful in terms of how it’s
been applied,” he said in a webchat.
Mr Obama’s administration has ramped up the use of drones as ground forces
struggle to contain the militant threat in Afghanistan.
Tactics include targeting funeral gatherings and rescuers at the scene of
recent attacks, according to research published by the Bureau of
Investigative Reporting at the weekend.
The strikes were halted in November last year. Relations between the two
allies nosedived in the aftermath of a Nato cross-border raid which killed
24 Pakistani troops.
However, the drones have since restarted their missions even though Pakistan
has yet to re-open its roads to Nato supply convoys en route to Afghanistan.
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