US evacuating Shamsi air base
ISLAMABAD: The United States is evacuating Shamsi air base following orders from the military incensed by a deadly NATO raid on its border that left 24 of its soldiers dead, officials said.
Pakistan ordered the US out of Shamsi air base in the wake of the November 26 bombing.
US Ambassador to Islamabad Cameron Munter told in a television on Monday: "We are complying with the request."
The deadline for removal of all US personnel and equipment from the base in Balochistan was set for December 11.
"They are evacuating the base, evacuation is in the process," confirmed a senior government official in Islamabad.
"Pakistan has provided security to them (Americans) on the Shamsi air base and we will withdraw that security from the date we have given for withdrawal, so they have no other option but to evacuate it," the official said.
Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011
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