US-Pakistan relationship increasingly strained

ISLAMABAD, Mar18: A rare condemnation by the Pakistan army chief of an especially deadly U.S. drone attack and Washington's abrupt dismissal of his concern is a sign of how troubled the strategically vital relationship between the two countries has become. The public spat, which followed the contentious release of an American CIA contractor who shot and killed two Pakistanis, also highlights the somewhat dysfunctional nature of the relationship -AFP