US withdraws NATO supply negotiators from Pakistan
― US: The United States has withdrawn negotiators from Pakistan after talks failed to reopen vital NATO supply routes into Afghanistan, officials said Monday. ∙ The move signaled further strain in troubled Pakistani-US relations and followed harsh criticism last week from US Defense Secretary Leon Panetta that saw Pakistan’s army chief refuse to meet a senior Pentagon official. ∙ The negotiators had been in Pakistan for about six weeks, as US officials believed they were close to a [...].
