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Summary United States has rejected Pakistan's demand of vacating the Shamsi Airbase.
The US personnel have not left the remote Pakistani military installation and there is no plan for them to do so, said a US official familiar with the matter, who asked for anonymity to discuss sensitive material.The US declaration that drone operations in Pakistan will continue unabated is the latest twist in a fraught relationship between security authorities in Washington and Islamabad, which has been under increasing strain for months.Regarding the Shamsi base in particular, Pakistani officials have frequently suggested it is being shuttered, comments that may be aimed at quieting domestic opposition to US military operations using Pakistani soil.Earlier this week, Pakistani Defense Minister Ahmed Mukhtar told in an interview that Pakistan had already stopped US drone operations there.
