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NATO trucks still stranded in Pakistan
[Iran Press TV] The main supply route used by US-led forces in Pakistain to transport goods to neighboring Afghanistan remains closed for the sixth consecutive day.Hundreds of NATO vehicles, including tankers and containers are parked in different parts of northwestern Pakistain near the Afghan border. Dozens of NATO fuel tankers have been ambushed by Orcs and similar vermin over the past week. Pak forces are now providing security for the stranded containers packed with NATO supplies. Pak officials have said the key border post will stay closed in the coming days in retaliation to a recent NATO attack that killed three Pak soldiers. Pakistain blocked the major supply route to protest non-UN-sanctioned attacks by US-led forces into the country last week. The ban, however, has not stopped US forces from carrying out more non-UN-sanctioned attacks in the Pak territory. In the most recent of such attacks, US dronezaps killed at least eight people in Pakistain on Monday. US-led forces have carried out a record number of unauthorized The dronezaps, which were initiated by former US President George W. Bush and continued under President Barack B.O.Obama, have drastically increased in recent weeks at a time when floods have caused devastation in the South Asian country. Islamabad has condemned the unauthorized US Posted by: Fred 2010-10-06 |
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