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A security official said the US aircraft left the Pakistani airfield on Sunday afternoon with the remaining group of 32 US officials and material.
Another official in Baluchistan confirmed that the last batch of US officials left in two flights on Sunday.
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A senior security official requesting anonymity earlier told AFP: "The Americans have vacated the Shamsi air base and it has been handed over to the Pakistani security forces."
US officials and intelligence analysts have said the covert drone war would not be affected by the closure of the base as Washington could fly Predator and Reaper drones out of air fields in neighbouring Afghanistan.
First posted December 12,
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Islamabad's fragile alliance with the United States crashed to new lows in the wake of the November 26 NATO air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers and which the Pakistan military called a deliberate attack.
The United States has vacated a Pakistani air base following a deadline given by Islamabad in the wake of anger over NATO air strikes last month that killed 24 soldiers, officials said.
Pakistan's military said in a statement that the last flight carrying US personnel and equipment had left Shamsi air base, in the south-western province of Baluchistan, completing a process that began last week.
Updated December 12, 2011 01:27:35
The base was widely believed to have been used in covert CIA drone attacks against the Taliban and Al Qaeda commanders in north-west Pakistan's tribal areas, which border Afghanistan.
Islamabad has tacitly consented to the covert US drone campaign, which many Pakistanis see as a violation of their country's sovereignty.
US president Barack Obama last Sunday expressed condolences to Pakistan's president Asif Ali Zardari for the soldier deaths and said the NATO air strikes that killed them were not a "deliberate attack."
But the Shamsi air base was supposed to be particularly useful for flights hampered by poor weather conditions.
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"The control of the base has been taken over by the Army," the statement from Pakistan said.
But the incident has rocked Washington's alliance with its counter-terrorism ally Islamabad,
コーチ 丸の内, though officials say neither country can afford a complete break in relations.
Following the November air strikes, Pakistan closed two border crossings to Afghanistan to US and NATO supplies and gave American personnel until Sunday to leave Shamsi air base.
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