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| Supplies to Nato forces resume after brief suspension |
| 2009-01-16 |
| Supplies to the Nato forces resumed early Wednesday after a brief suspension on account of the military operation in the Khyber Agency. Also, on Wednesday, the American Consulate handed over sophistica-ted weapons worth $4.1 million to the Frontier Police for countering terrorism and drug trafficking. The Nato supplies were suspended briefly after troops pounded hideouts of suspected militants in Landikotal subdivision of Khyber Agency. The Peshawar-Kabul Highway remained blocked during the operation, suspending all kinds of traffic between the two neighbouring countries. "Supplies to the US-led allied forces in Afghanistan have been resumed and trucks have started trans-shipping goods for the Nato troops across the border," an official told The News. Around 400 trucks normally cross the Durand Line daily to provide food, ammunition, clothes and other goods to the Nato forces fighting the Taliban. The Pakistani authorities had to launch an operation in Jamrud and Landikotal subdivisions after the Nato convoys were attacked while on way to Afghanistan. The parking terminals on both sides of the Ring Road in Peshawar housing Nato logistics were attacked at least seven times last month, killing three people and torching 300 military vehicles, Humvees and containers filled with different items. A special security plan has been chalked out for protecting 14 container terminals located on the Ring Road between Hazarkhwani and Pishtakhara. Apart from the police, paramilitary forces guard these terminals to counter possible attacks. |
| Posted by:Fred |