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The U.S. has conducted hundreds of drone strikes and cross-border counterterrorism operations from Pakistani soil.
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Where it stands: Despite an uneasy relationship with Pakistan, whose military has deep ties to the Taliban, the U.S. has conducted hundreds of drone strikes and cross-border counterterrorism operations from Pakistani soil.
- But Khan, who was elected in 2018, was unequivocal: Pakistan will not allow the CIA or U.S. special forces to base themselves inside his country ever again, he told Axios.
Between the lines: Khan has long opposed Pakistan cooperating with the U.S. war on terror, but the reality is that he also has no choice but to say this publicly.
- Close observers say it would be political suicide for Khan to embrace the presence of the CIA or special forces on Pakistani soil.
- American officials privately are still hopeful they can come to a covert arrangement with Pakistan's powerful military and intelligence services.
