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Attacks Cause Drivers To Put Brakes On Deliveries

December 16 2008

Pakistan

Pakistani truck drivers and owners who have been delivering supplies to international forces in Afghanistan have stopped work after several attacks on convoys traveling through the Khyber Pass, reports the Times of London.

The Khyber route was closed about a week ago after militants destroyed more than 250 vehicles on two straight nights in Peshawar.

The Pakistani government was about to re-open the route, which accounts for nearly 70 percent of all supplies for NATO forces...

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