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Latest shutdown of Pakistan-Afghanistan border for NATO trucks have lasted over seven months [EPA]

The United States has suspended shipments of equipment out of Afghanistan through Pakistan due to protests against US drone strikes that posed a risk to truck drivers.
Pentagon issued a statement on Tuesday, saying Washington decided to stop cargo shipments voluntarily from Torkham Gate through Karachi that the US and NATO troops used for withdrawing from Afghanistan as part of the pullout set to wrap up by the end of 2014.
"We anticipate that we will be able to resume our shipments through this route in the near future," said Mark Wright, Pentagon spokesman, in a statement. The trucks have been told to wait for now in holding areas in Afghanistan, Wright said.
"The companies that we contract with were getting nervous, And it's getting a little too dangerous for the truck drivers," the defence official, who spoke on condition of anonymity, told AFP news agency.
The US has alternative routes available to the north through Central Asia, but those options take longer and are more expensive.
Latest blow to withdrawal
The delay in removing the equipment was just the latest hitch in a deeply troubled relationship between Pakistan and the US due to CIA drone missile attacks in the country that have been blamed for civilian deaths and sparked public outrage.
US officials said the strikes by unmanned aircraft have taken out dangerous al-Qaeda fighters.
While Pakistani officials publicly criticised the bombing campaign, the government was believed to have backed at least some of the strikes over the years.
The latest shutdown of the Pakistan-Afghanistan border for coalition trucks have lasted more than seven months after a US helicopter accidentally killed 24 Pakistani troops.
The border reopened to supply vehicles in July 2012 after Washington issued an apology.
The Pentagon said it had to send home 24,000 vehicles and 20,000 shipping containers of equipment as of September after more than 12 years of war.
The whole withdrawal will cost an estimated $7bn, according to Pentagon officials.
US halts army shipments out of Afghanistan - Central & South Asia - Al Jazeera English


@Leader @Jazzbot @Aeronaut @Oscar @mafiya and this is slap on those who said that PTI dharnas have failed
 
The border reopened to supply vehicles in July 2012 after Washington issued an apology.
Wrong! The US has, till today, not issued any apology. They have only expressed regret. Two different things.

And the losers are going to be the thousands of Pakistani truckers and others who would add to the army of unemployed. I think this one-up-man-ship and politics needs to end.
 
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Are bhai yeh kya game hei........saab same same hei...:haha:
 
Imran khan should pick up his signals. It's time to exit.
 
US just needed more excuses to stay little longer in Afghanistan till security pact is finalized. They will also be looking for passage through Iran, if possible, which is extremely remote.
 
US just needed more excuses to stay little longer in Afghanistan till security pact is finalized. They will also be looking for passage through Iran, if possible, which is extremely remote.

They already examined the option of Air bridge via Dushanbe.
 
Amazing

i hope the Afghan civilian supply route is also banned.(since they already have got a alternative which is through iran)



we need to get out of this supply line problem

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I had come across a similar news where 2 CIS stated that they will want to have access to warm water through pakistan.
 
PTI cant do much regarding drones as its the federal govt and military but its a small victory nonetheless.

I m so shaking in my boots. I dont know what will my angry boss do to me.
 
PTI cant do much regarding drones as its the federal govt and military but its a small nonetheless.

I m so shaking in my boots. I dont know what will my angry boss do to me.

keep calm yara, rumour has it that the americans are asking for a meeting with Khan, and so far Khan has refused to meet any of them.

if true, it simply means, dum per pao tou rakha howa hai PTI nay...
 
keep calm yara, rumour has it that the americans are asking for a meeting with Khan, and so far Khan has refused to meet any of them.

if true, it simply means, dum per pao tou rakha howa hai PTI nay...

My comment about 'angry boss' was sarcasm. You didn't get it.
 
We are gonna live in stone age now, all this because of evil PTI. May mighty Amrika will have mercy on us..

Newsflash: Already in the Stone Age with loadshedding.
 

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