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NATO Supply Route To Afghanistan Blocked

September 30 2010

Pakistan

Pakistan has cut off a supply route to NATO forces in Afghanistan in apparent retaliation for a cross-border airstrike that allegedly killed three border guards, Al Jazeera (Qatar) reports.

At least 100 NATO supply trucks were stopped Thursday on the Khyber Pass at the Torkham border post, witnesses said.

Reports indicated that the strike took place in the Kurram tribal agency, which would represent the fourth cross-border strike in recent days.

A spokesman for NATO said it...

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