| Transit of goods and supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan resumed on Friday following successful negotiations between Pakistani truck owners and Afghan officials. The truck owners were on strike and had stopped supplies to NATO forces as well as transit of goods to Afghanistan due to 'intolerable behaviour' of Afghan security officials, who the owners claim had extorted money from them in the name of tax and permit and also tortured them. Representatives of the Afghan Trade Ministry, Afghan security forces and Pakistani truck owners participated in the negotiations. After successful negotiations, some 40 oil tankers and scores of other goods crossed the border into Afghanistan. |