Pakistan-Taliban drone strike spat keeps ties in downward spiral

Afghan rulers needle Islamabad over killing of al-Qaida chief, cozy up to India

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The Afghan Taliban's Acting Minister of Defense Mullah Mohammad Yaqoob accused Pakistan of allowing the U.S. to use its airspace for the drone strike that killed al-Qaida's leader. © Reuters

ZIA UR REHMAN, Contributing writer

ISLAMABAD -- Afghanistan's Taliban rulers and Pakistan's government are at loggerheads, with the U.S. drone strike that killed al-Qaida's chief in Kabul fanning tensions between them.

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