Pakistan Refuses US Request To Expand Drone Zones

From the excellent Trench website by James Gundun

The American drones now operate in designated "boxes" inside Pakistan's Federally Administrated Tribal Areas located along the lawless, mountainous border with Afghanistan, the ISI official said. He confirmed that U.S. officials had sought both to enlarge the current boxes and establish new ones outside the tribal zone where senior Taliban and al-Qaida operatives are suspected to be operating.