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| Taliban damage trailers carrying NATO supplies |
| 2008-07-19 |
| Local Taliban on Friday broke windows and punctured the tyres of 22-wheeler trucks loaded with goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan, witnesses said. According to details, armed squads of the local Taliban stopped a convoy of trailers carrying goods for NATO forces at the Landikotal bypass and smashed their windows using guns and punctured their tyres with iron bars. The incident scared the truck drivers and some of them drove their vehicles toward the Torkham border while some took shelter in the nearby hujras (outhouse/compound) of the local tribesmen. The local administration has not taken action against the militants so far. Unknown militants had earlier distributed pamphlets warning transporters against taking any goods to NATO forces in Afghanistan. The transporters were threatened that they would be killed and their villages and vehicles set on fire if they ignored the warning. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #2 The supply line should go through Georgia, Azerbaijan and Turkmenistan (including all the fuel produced locally). It is not as efficient but it won't supply billions of dollars to Pakistan. Because the money flow is the only thing propping up Pakistan's economy, it is in Pakistan's interest to keep the Afghan war boiling and the flow of supplies ever increasing. This should have been done a few years ago when the extent of Pakistani involvement in the Sept 11 atrocity started to become known. Better to help the economies of the 3 nations get on their feet than to keep enriching Pakistan, the sponsor of Al Qaeda, the Taliban and just about every terrorist attack on the west. |
| Posted by: ed 2008-07-19 15:52 |
| #1 We have a major resupply problem RE NATO forces in Afghanistan. Either we, or Pakistan, need to do something about it. If Pakistan won't, we should create a safe route for trucks carrying supplies, including armed compounds to guard them overnight, and security vehicles (Bradleys) to guard them on their routes. Make any further military aid to Pakistan contingent upon such a deal. Might want to include a covering force of an Apache aircraft or two. If phakestan won't go along with the deal, maybe it's time to eliminate phakestan. |
| Posted by: Old Patriot 2008-07-19 15:34 |