US and Pakistan to resume key high-level security talks
Relations between Pakistan and the US have recovered somewhat following the crisis sparked by the US killing of Osama Bin Laden in May 2011
US Secretary of State John Kerry has agreed to resume high-level talks over security issues with Pakistan.
The agreement was made after Mr Kerry met senior Pakistani politicians, including new PM Nawaz Sharif.
The talks were stalled after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in US air strikes on a Pakistani post on the Afghan border in 2011.
Relations were also strained by the US killing of al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden in May of that year.
Speaking after the talks on Thursday, Mr Kerry said they were "constructive" and "positive".
He said the two sides were serious about overcoming past irritants and that he had invited the new prime minister to Washington to meet US President Barack Obama.
US drone strikes in Pakistan
- Bureau of Investigative Journalism has recorded 368 drone strikes in Pakistan
- Every strike has to be approved by US president
- Vast majority carried out under Barack Obama
- Four US citizens killed in strikes since 2009
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