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NATO supplies ambush kills 2 in Pakistan
(AP) 1 hour ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Gunmen ambushed a truck early Friday in northwest Pakistan that was on its way back home after delivering NATO supplies in Afghanistan, killing two people, a government official said.
Local official Iqbal Khan said the truck was attacked near Jamrud in Khyber tribal region. The driver and his assistant were killed, and the unidentified gunmen then torched the truck.
It was the most recent in a rash of attacks on the Pakistan supply line used to carry non-lethal goods to U.S. and other NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Many happened when Pakistan closed a key border crossing for 11 days after a NATO helicopter strike that killed two Pakistani border guards, leaving many trucks stranded and vulnerable along their routes.
Pakistan reopened the route Sunday, but not before nearly 150 trucks had been destroyed as they sat idle.
Pakistan is a key supply route for fuel, military vehicles, spare parts, clothing and other non-lethal supplies for foreign troops in landlocked Afghanistan.
The U.S. and NATO at one point sent some 80 percent of their non-lethal supplies through Pakistan into Afghanistan, but have been steadily reducing that amount, instead using Central Asian routes to the north and other means. About 40 percent of supplies now come through Pakistan, 40 percent through the Central Asian routes, and 20 percent by air.
The Associated Press: Official: NATO supplies ambush kills 2 in Pakistan
(AP) 1 hour ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) Gunmen ambushed a truck early Friday in northwest Pakistan that was on its way back home after delivering NATO supplies in Afghanistan, killing two people, a government official said.
Local official Iqbal Khan said the truck was attacked near Jamrud in Khyber tribal region. The driver and his assistant were killed, and the unidentified gunmen then torched the truck.
It was the most recent in a rash of attacks on the Pakistan supply line used to carry non-lethal goods to U.S. and other NATO forces in Afghanistan.
Many happened when Pakistan closed a key border crossing for 11 days after a NATO helicopter strike that killed two Pakistani border guards, leaving many trucks stranded and vulnerable along their routes.
Pakistan reopened the route Sunday, but not before nearly 150 trucks had been destroyed as they sat idle.
Pakistan is a key supply route for fuel, military vehicles, spare parts, clothing and other non-lethal supplies for foreign troops in landlocked Afghanistan.
The U.S. and NATO at one point sent some 80 percent of their non-lethal supplies through Pakistan into Afghanistan, but have been steadily reducing that amount, instead using Central Asian routes to the north and other means. About 40 percent of supplies now come through Pakistan, 40 percent through the Central Asian routes, and 20 percent by air.
The Associated Press: Official: NATO supplies ambush kills 2 in Pakistan
