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** FILE ** Syed Munawar Hasan, the head of the Jamaat-e-Islami party, arrives to pray at a mosque in the party's headquarters in Lahore, Pakistan, Monday, Nov, 11, 2013. The Pakistan army condemned the prominent Islamic political leader Hasan who called the Pakistani Taliban chief killed by a U.S. drone strike a martyr. (AP Photo/K.M. Chaudary)

Rare U.S. drone strike kills at least 5 in Pakistan

By Hussain Afzal and Rasool Dawar - Associated Press

Muslim students stand in the rubble of an Islamic seminary that was hit by a suspected U.S. drone strike in Hangu district in Pakistan on Thursday. If confirmed, the missile strike outside of the northwest tribal areas would be a rarity. (Associated Press)

Drone strike on Pakistani seminary reignites debate

By Kristina Wong and Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

In this undated handout file photo provided by the U.S. Air Force, an MQ-9 Reaper, armed with GBU-12 Paveway II laser guided munitions and AGM-114 Hellfire missiles, is piloted by Col. Lex Turner during a combat mission over southern Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Lt. Col.. Leslie Pratt, US Air Force, File)

U.S. drone kills 5 outside of Pakistan tribal region

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** FILE ** In this Monday, Jan. 9, 2012, file photo, Pakistan's former ambassador to the U.S., Husain Haqqani salutes to media as he leaves after appearing before a judicial commission at a high court in Islamabad, Pakistan. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

Embassy Row: Delusions of U.S.-Pakistan relationship

By James Morrison - The Washington Times

** FILE ** Former Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf addresses his party supporters on April 15, 2013, at his house in Islamabad. (Associated Press)

Pakistan to try ex-President Pervez Musharraf for treason

By Jessica Chasmar - The Washington Times

A Pakistani Shiite Muslim beats himself with knives attached to a chain during an Ashoura procession in Karachi, Pakistan, Friday, Nov. 15, 2013. Ashoura commemorates the martyrdom of Imam Hussein, the grandson of Prophet Muhammad at the Battle of Karbala, Iraq, in the year 680 A.D. (AP Photo/Shakil Adil)

Shiites beat 3 Sunnis to death in Pakistan

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

Pakistani youths gather at the spot at which Nasiruddin Haqqani, a senior leader of the feared militant Haqqani network, was assassinated at an Afghan bakery in the Bhara Kahu area on the outskirts of Islamabad on Monday, Nov. 11, 2013. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed)

Senior leader of Haqqani militant network shot dead in Islamabad

By Kathy Gannon and Rasool Dawar - Associated Press

A Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in Afghanistan. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

U.S. intelligence warily watches for threats to U.S. now that 87 nations possess drones

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Malala Yousafzai addresses students and faculty after receiving the 2013 Peter J. Gomes Humanitarian Award at Harvard University on Friday, Sept. 27, 2013, in Cambridge, Mass. The Pakistani teenager, an advocate for education for girls, survived a Taliban assassination attempt last year on her way home from school. (AP Photo/Jessica Rinaldi)

Pakistani private schools ban Malala’s book

By Zarar Khan - Associated Press

** FILE ** King Abdullah (center) of Saudi Arabia waves during the inauguration of the Princess Noura bint Abdulrahaman University in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, on Sunday, May 15, 2011. The school will be the biggest women's university in the world, with capacity for 40,000 students. (AP Photo/Saudi Press Agency)

Pakistan built nuclear weapons for Saudi Arabia: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file image taken on Nov. 26, 2008, Hakimullah Meshud, then the deputy Pakistani Taliban leader, is flanked by his comrades in Orakzai tribal region of Pakistan. Intelligence officials said Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud was one of three people killed in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud)

Pakistani Taliban chose Malala plotter as new leader

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Sunday, Oct. 4, 2009 file photo, Pakistani Taliban chief Hakimullah Mehsud, right, holds a rocket launcher with his comrades in Sararogha of Pakistani tribal area of South Waziristan along the Afghanistan border. Intelligence officials said Friday, Nov. 1, 2013 that the leader of the Pakistani Taliban Hakimullah Mehsud was one of three people killed in a U.S. drone strike. (AP Photo/Ishtiaq Mehsud, File)

Pakistan: Taliban leader who attacked CIA base killed in U.S. drone strike

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** FILE ** An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan on a moonlit night in January 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Pakistan: 3 percent of deaths from U.S. drone strikes were civilians

By Munir Ahmed and Sebastian Abbot - Associated Press

** FILE ** President Barack Obama meets with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. In the rocky relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan, the mere fact that Obama and Sharif sit down is seen as a sign of progress. Few breakthroughs are expected on the numerous hot-button issues on their agenda Wednesday, including American drone strikes and Pakistan's alleged support of the Taliban. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

CIA memo: Pakistan endorsed U.S. drone strikes

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

President Barack Obama listens during his meeting with Pakistan Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013. In the rocky relationship between the U.S. and Pakistan, the mere fact that Obama and Sharif sit down is seen as a sign of progress. Few breakthroughs are expected on the numerous hot-button issues on their agenda Wednesday, including American drone strikes and Pakistan's alleged support of the Taliban. (AP Photo/Pablo Martinez Monsivais)

Pakistani leader calls for end to U.S. drone strikes in meeting with Obama

By Ben Wolfgang - The Washington Times

**FILE** Former United Nations Ambassador John R. Bolton (Associated Press)

John Bolton on $1.67B aid to Pakistan: ‘Grit your teeth’ and pay

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Obama likely to deny Pakistani request to stop drone strikes

By Ashish Kumar Sen - The Washington Times

In this Monday, Oct. 21, 2013 photo, Pakistani Christian leader J. Salik chants slogans as he marches demanding the end to U.S. drone attacks at hideouts of militants in Pakistani tribal areas, in Islamabad, Pakistan. Amnesty International calls on the U.S. to investigate reported civilian casualties from CIA drone strikes in Pakistan and compensate victims in a report providing new details about innocent citizens allegedly killed in the attacks. (AP Photo/B.K. Bangash)

Human rights groups accuse U.S. of fudging stats of civilian deaths by drone strikes

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

FILE - In this Aug. 26, 2013, file photo Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif pauses during a joint press conference in Islamabad, Pakistan, with Afghan President Hamid Karzai. American and NATO supply routes to Afghanistan are open in Pakistan. Controversial U.S. drone strikes are down. The U.S. and Pakistan recently announced the restart of their "strategic dialogue" after a long pause. And Sharif is traveling to Washington for talks and a meeting Wednesday, Oct. 23, with President Barack Obama. (AP Photo/Anjum Naveed, File)

U.S. releases $1.6 billion aid package to Pakistan

By Bradley Klapper - Associated Press

** FILE ** An unmanned U.S. Predator drone flies over Kandahar Air Field in southern Afghanistan on a moonlit night in January 2010. (AP Photo/Kirsty Wigglesworth)

Drone strikes plummet as U.S. seeks more human intelligence

By Guy Taylor and Kristina Wong - The Washington Times