Seems to me that Afghanistan owns very few aircraft. Pakistan has some but they are mostly watching India's airforce.

The USA has thousands of privately owned aircraft along with commercial planes.

Flying drones requires more skill than playing around with model airplanes. Keeping track of drones in areas with active, lively aircraft use is quite likely to cause serious crashes.

This is great !
The U.S. is getting the terror it has paid for !
'Little Johnny Doe was killed by a a Law Enforcement UAV as he ran from a candy store where he stole a Snickers. "he failed to stop when requested, and our operator had no choice but to resort to a higher level of action" said a Law Enforcement spokesperson'
DO YOU REALLY WANT THIS KIND OF SOCIETY ?

Is it that much of a step beyond what is presently proposed to having these things circling over every neighborhood searching for "criminals". Which those operating the drones will have no difficulty finding, as they will have to justify their jobs.

How long will you remain "innocent" when your every move is watched and recorded?

These aircraft have excellent applications in search and rescue--a ground search team could have its own remote-controlled "air support", for example. Similarly, the Coast Guard could use drones for low-level marine search and rescue.

Which is all very well and good, but it's the top of a very slippery slope. Remember that Predators can carry missiles. If you are walking in the woods and see a hunter pointing his scope-equipped rifle at you, do you assume he is just looking at you, or do you duck?

The most ominous danger, as I see it, isn't an accidental mid-air collision or Big Brother eye-in-the-sky, the possibilities of which I do not for a moment deny. The thing I would fear most is a hacker, state-sponsored (Chinese?) or acting alone, hacking into the digital controls of one or several drones flying over the US, or Afghanistan or Pakistan for that matter. The possibilities are not pleasant to contemplate.

This should be unbelievable.
But it is not.

This is a great idea! Put 24 tasers on-board and watch the fun begin. Hackers will need about ten minutes to figure out how to takeover the aircraft. Then they can fly these over sports stadiums and harass the crowd. With Internet based communications, the hacker could be next door or in another state. Good luck trying to catch the perp. A whole swarm could take down any metropolitan power grid by crashing into the right things. Yeah, this sounds like a wonderful thing to permit. I got a better idea ... just say "no". Just because something is technically doable does not mean we should do it or allow it to be done. This is a really stupid idea and the FAA should never consider such a thing. But if there is corporate money to be made, the payoffs will be made and these things will be flying tomorrow. Greed knows no bounds.