Pakistani PM Meets Obama As Ties Show Signs of Improvement

Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif is meeting at the White House Wednesday with U.S. President Barack Obama, seeking to turn a page in the often rocky relationship between Washington and Islamabad. As a sign of improvement in U.S.-Pakistan ties, the Obama administration has moved to release more than $300 million in blocked security assistance to Pakistan. Relations hit bottom after the 2011 U.S. Special Forces strike deep inside Pakistan that killed Osama bin Laden, and a U.S. airstrike ...

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