Pakistan blocks NATO supply route

Pakistan has blocked a vital supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, RFE/RL reports.

Izvor: RFE/RL

Thursday, 30.09.2010.

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Pakistan has blocked a vital supply route for U.S. and NATO troops in Afghanistan, RFE/RL reports. Apparently this came in retaliation for an alleged cross-border NATO helicopter strike that killed three Pakistani troops. Pakistan blocks NATO supply route Officials in Islamabad say Pakistani authorities at the Torkham border crossing have been ordered to stop NATO fuel and supply trucks from crossing into Afghanistan. The route through the Khyber tribal region is a major supply corridor for NATO forces in Afghanistan. Earlier in the day, Pakistani officials said three Pakistani paramilitary border troops had been killed in the tribal area of Kurram by a NATO helicopter gunship. If confirmed, it would be the fourth strike in recent days by NATO helicopters pursuing militants across the border into Pakistan. Pakistan has strongly denounced the incursions. The border area is known as a haven for militants carrying out attacks into Afghanistan. The United States also has recently stepped up missile strikes by unmanned aerial drones on militants' positions in Pakistan.

Pakistan blocks NATO supply route

Officials in Islamabad say Pakistani authorities at the Torkham border crossing have been ordered to stop NATO fuel and supply trucks from crossing into Afghanistan. The route through the Khyber tribal region is a major supply corridor for NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Earlier in the day, Pakistani officials said three Pakistani paramilitary border troops had been killed in the tribal area of Kurram by a NATO helicopter gunship. If confirmed, it would be the fourth strike in recent days by NATO helicopters pursuing militants across the border into Pakistan.

Pakistan has strongly denounced the incursions.

The border area is known as a haven for militants carrying out attacks into Afghanistan. The United States also has recently stepped up missile strikes by unmanned aerial drones on militants' positions in Pakistan.

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