Pakistan tribal areas

A US Air Force MQ-1 Predator flies near the Southern California Logistics Airport in Victorville, California.

Here’s why one former Taliban captive is calling for a halt to US ‘signature’ drone strikes

April 29, 2015Conflict

When reporter David Rohde was in captivity in Pakistan, he worried that a drone strike might accidentally kill him. And now that it’s happened to American aid worker Warren Weinstein. Rohde says the US needs to stop strikes that use only behavioral patterns to figure out their targets.

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