Pakistan summons US ambassador over drone strike against Taliban leader

Islamabad summoned US Ambassador to Pakistan David Hale over a recent drone strike on the country's territory, Sputnik quoted Pakistani Foreign Ministry as saying.

On Saturday, Washington carried out the drone strike killing Afghan Taliban chief Mullah Mansour near a remote southwestern Pakistani town near the Afghanistan's border. 

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif slammed the strike as a violation of the country's sovereignty.

The foreign ministry stressed that Pakistan and the United States had been closely coordinating the anti-terrorist fight and the coordination had to be further maintained. 

Source : MENA