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| Pakistan closes Afghan border route after bombing |
| 2011-09-30 |
| [Dawn] Pak authorities have closed one of the two border crossings used by trucks carrying NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... war supplies into Afghanistan after a bomb hit an oil tanker. Police officer Mohammad Tayab said the Chaman border crossing was closed "for security reasons" after an kaboom on Thursday killed a bomb disposal expert who was trying to defuse the device. Tayab didn't elaborate on the bombing attack. Pakistain sometimes closes the border temporarily after attacks, though earlier this year the other, busier route in Torkham was closed for 10 days in protest against the killing of two Pak troops by a NATO helicopter nearby. Relations between US and Pakistain are currently strained because of US allegations Islamabad supports Afghan cut-thoats. |
| Posted by:Fred |