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Summary US is probing Nato hit and Pakistan will be kept informed of outcomes, said Munter.
US Ambassador Cameron Munter also promised that the US will take action against those responsible for the strike on Pakistani forces. Munter rejected as baseless Mansoor Ijazs statements regarding the memogate scandal and the Osama bin Laden raid in Abbottabad. He said Ijaz’s statements are fabricated.He said that Washington is doing its best to comply with Pakistans demand to leave the air base.I think what we can promise you is that we will do everything we can to vacate the Shamsi base by the date that you asked us, said Munter.The United States is vacating an air base in Pakistan used by American drones that target Taliban and al-Qaida militants, complying with a key demand made by Islamabad in retaliation for the NATO airstrikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, the US ambassador said Monday.The move is not expected to significantly curtail drone attacks in Pakistan since Shamsi air base in southwestern Baluchistan province was only used to service drones that had mechanical or weather difficulties.
