Predator drone: The U.S. is suspected of using the facility to send armed drones to keep pressure on Taliban and al-Qaida militants in Pakistan's tribal region
U.S. Ready For Eviction Of Drones In Pakistan -- Washington Times
Backup launch bases built in Afghanistan.
Pakistan’s decision to evict the United States from a Predator-drone launching base will have little impact on the CIA’s ability to strike terrorists in the country’s austere tribal areas because the U.S. built backup bases in Afghanistan, a senior defense official said Sunday.
The official told The Washington Times that the U.S. military and CIA built the launching strips in Afghanistan in anticipation of the day when Pakistan wanted U.S. forces out of the Shamsi facility run by Pakistan’s intelligence service. Shamsi is widely understood to be the base of operations for the covert CIA drone war on terrorists in Pakistan’s lawless border areas with Afghanistan.
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U.S. vacating air base in Pakistan after troop deaths -- CNN
U.S. booted from drone base in Pakistan -- Politico
Pakistan: Drone Air Base To Be Vacated By United States -- Huffington Post
US builds backup Afghan bases after Pakistan eviction -- The Nation
U.S. vacating air base in Pakistan used by drones -- CTV