US ready to strike 'high-value' targets within Pakistan - Hindu

Washington (IANS): U.S. President Barack Obama has asserted his administration remains prepared to order strikes against "high-value" targets within Pakistan, but would pursue extremists in Pakistani territory after consulting with Islamabad.

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"If we have a high-value target within our sights," Mr. Obama said, "after consulting with Pakistan, we're going after them," he said appearing on the CBS programme "Face the Nation" to describe the strategy unveiled on Friday to focus American counterterrorism efforts in Afghanistan and Pakistan. But Mr. Obama stressed that the US would respect Pakistani sovereignty and those attacks would not be with American ground forces, implying that he was referring to continued strikes from the air.

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