India on Monday said it needed to see whether the media reports stating that Pakistan allowed US drone strikes on its soil under a secret deal were “authentic” or not.
“These are only newspaper reports which need to be ‘substantiated’,” Indian Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai was quoted as saying.
He was asked about a New York Times report which said Pakistan allowed American drone strikes on its soil on the condition that the UAVs would stay away from its nuclear facilities and mountain camps where Kashmiri militants were trained for attacks in India.
Pakistani officials also insisted that they be allowed to approve each drone strike, giving them tight control over the list of targets, the New York Times report said.
