Pakistan's Prime Minister Urges Obama To Stop Drone Strikes

Obama has acknowledged "misunderstandings" between the U.S. and Pakistan

(Reuters)—Pakistani Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif urged U.S. President Barack Obama on Wednesday to end drone strikes in Pakistan, touching on a sore subject just as relations between the two countries improve after years of suspicion over Afghanistanand the U.S. counterterrorism fight.

"I … brought up the issue of drones in our meeting, emphasizing the need for an end to such strikes," Sharif told reporters after meeting with Obama in the Oval Office.