SteveGrenard
16th November 2008, 12:02 PM
I decided to start a new thread labeled Pakistan because there is a feeling there will be a lot more miscellaneous issues arising involving this country in the near fuiture.
And now there's this:
Pakistan: Militants seize convoy for US-led forces
By RIAZ KHAN – 4 days ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected Taliban fighters hijacked trucks carrying Humvees and other supplies for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan, authorities said Tuesday after a brazen attack near the Khyber Pass that underscored the militants' grip across key mountain strongholds.
The assault highlighted the vulnerability of a vital supply route for the 65,000 U.S. and NATO forces battling a resurgent Taliban in landlocked Afghanistan. A significant amount of supplies for the Western forces go through Pakistan.
Attacks on convoys carrying food, fuel and other supplies are common on the road. But Monday's raid was especially large and well-organized. It also could further strain U.S.-Pakistani relations over rooting out Taliban and al-Qaida militants along the border, which remain entrenched despite military offensives and U.S. missile strikes.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD94CUJPG0
Just when you thought maybe somebody was doing something right.
While the report says a "significant" amount of supplies travels via Pakistan, one
would now have to assume they get to a port, offloaded onto trucks and then
make the trip to Afghanistan by traversing Pakistan or a part of it. I wonder how
the balance, the "insignificant" amount of supplies, reaches Afghanistan? Via
Air Cargo?
And now there's this:
Pakistan: Militants seize convoy for US-led forces
By RIAZ KHAN – 4 days ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected Taliban fighters hijacked trucks carrying Humvees and other supplies for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan, authorities said Tuesday after a brazen attack near the Khyber Pass that underscored the militants' grip across key mountain strongholds.
The assault highlighted the vulnerability of a vital supply route for the 65,000 U.S. and NATO forces battling a resurgent Taliban in landlocked Afghanistan. A significant amount of supplies for the Western forces go through Pakistan.
Attacks on convoys carrying food, fuel and other supplies are common on the road. But Monday's raid was especially large and well-organized. It also could further strain U.S.-Pakistani relations over rooting out Taliban and al-Qaida militants along the border, which remain entrenched despite military offensives and U.S. missile strikes.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hkiMxbHNH0BqgpWA2ZG6VD6wVTmAD94CUJPG0
Just when you thought maybe somebody was doing something right.
While the report says a "significant" amount of supplies travels via Pakistan, one
would now have to assume they get to a port, offloaded onto trucks and then
make the trip to Afghanistan by traversing Pakistan or a part of it. I wonder how
the balance, the "insignificant" amount of supplies, reaches Afghanistan? Via
Air Cargo?