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Pakistan allows NATO to fly food into Afghanistan
Pakistan has allowed the US and NATO to use its airspace for supplies to their forces in Afghanistan on humanitarian grounds. The permission has been given for food items, a defence ministry official quoted Defence Minister Ahmed Mukhtar as saying at a function in Islamabad. Since the food items were perishable, we have allowed them to transport them by air to Afghanistan. We have told them to take the supplies out by air and dont bring more for the time being, the official quoted him as saying. US ambassador to Islamabad, Cameron Munter, last week confirmed that NATO had continued to fly supplies into Afghanistan despite Pakistans closure of the border to NATO trucks and oil tankers on November 26. Parliament is expected to vote on a revised framework for relations with the US this week that could pave the way for the government to reopen the supply line. Also, senior Pakistani officials have said in recent days that the government should fully reopen its border to NATO supplies as long as it can negotiate better fees from the coalition.
Posted by: Steve White 2012-02-15 |
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