...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis....
containers, coming from the
Punjab province, in Dera Ismail Khan... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
on account of security reasons.
Deputy Superintendent of Police of Parwa area, Behawal Khan, said the containers carrying NATO supplies should obtain route permits from the concerned authorities to enter the district.
Witnesses said that about 30 loaded lorries coming from Punjab province to Afghanistan via Beautiful Downtown Peshawar were stopped on the Indus Highway near Ramak. The police sent these vehicles back to Punjab province, they said.
Police officials said the vehicles carrying NATO supplies could not use Indus Highway, therefore, their entry in Dera Ismail Khan was banned. He said that due to security reasons NATO containers should use routes prescribed by the authorities.
NATO containers coming from Bloody Karachi either use the G.T. Road or the motorway to cross over into Pakistain via the Torkham border.
Meanwhile,
...back at the bunker, his Excellency called a hurried meeting of his closest advisors. It was to be his last...
the Gomal University police defused an bomb on an oil tanker carrying fuel to the NATO forces in Afghanistan. Police said two kilogram bomb was planted at a tanker, which was defused by the bomb disposal squad.