Deals Made To Allow Equipment Transport From Afghanistan Through Central Asia

The head of NATO says the alliance has finalized accords with three Central Asian countries that will permit alliance forces to travel overland with vehicles and military equipment from Afghanistan, reports BBC News.

The agreements with Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan, announced on Monday by Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen, means that alliance forces can bypass Pakistan, which has halted such shipments through its territory as a result of a dispute over drone...