Incoming Pakistani Prime Minister Condemns US Drone Strike
Expressed "serious concern and deep disappointment"
Pakistan's incoming Prime Minister, Nawaz Sharif, has condemned a suspected US drone strike which killed the Taliban's second-in-command.
Waliur Rehman reportedly died when a missile hit a house in the North Waziristan tribal region on Wednesday.
Mr Sharif, whose Pakistan Muslim League-N won this month's parliamentary election, expressed "serious concern and deep disappointment" at the strike.
Earlier, US Secretary of State John Kerry defended US drone attacks.
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Tell me again how there is no blowback from drone strikes.
Even the "successful" ones that kill the intended target.