Islamabad: Pakistan has assured to grant more than three dozen visas to CIA officers as part of confidence-building measures after the unilateral US raid in Abottabad, Pakistani and the US officials said.
The officials said that the visas were part of an agreement to rebuild counterterrorism efforts by forming what Pakistani officials call a joint intelligence team.
The agreement was reached after recent talks in Islamabad between senior American and Pakistani intelligence officials.
The US official said that the visas would help replenish CIA staff after some were forced to leave. There will also be additional officers allowed in to join the joint intelligence team.
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