Pakistan’s blockade to NATO supply to Afghanistan has been entered into third week on Saturday.
After the defence committee meeting, Pakistan blocked the vital US
supply line into Afghanistan 15 day ago, the longest closure of the
10-year war with no imminent sign of the border reopening.
Pakistan has stopped the clearance of oil tankers so the tankers have been parked on various places in the country. Meanwhile Afghan officials have stopped the tankers in the area of Spain Boldak and Wash Mandi, these tankers were returning from Kandhar after offloading the oil and other items.
The drivers of tankers parked at Chamman and in Afghan area told that
they are facing swear cold and there is nothing to eat and they have
finished their money. They demanded step for their return.
Pakistan s fragile alliance with the United States crashed to new
lows two weeks ago on November 26 when NATO air strikes killed 24
Pakistani soldiers in what the Pakistan military called a deliberate
attack.
US President Barack Obama telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari to offer his condolences, but Washington has stopped short of apologising pending the results of a military investigation into what happened, due December 23.
Although Pakistani and US officials dispute the precise sequence of events, Pakistan closed its two crossings to US and NATO supplies and gave American personnel until Sunday to leave Shamasi air base used by CIA drones.
Officials in the northwest, where the main Torkham crossing into Afghanistan is situated, said there were no plans to reopen.
“There is strong public resentment. People are angry about this incident and we cannot take a decision in haste,” one senior security official said.
US President Barack Obama telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari to offer his condolences, but Washington has stopped short of apologising pending the results of a military investigation into what happened, due December 23.
Although Pakistani and US officials dispute the precise sequence of events, Pakistan closed its two crossings to US and NATO supplies and gave American personnel until Sunday to leave Shamasi air base used by CIA drones.
Officials in the northwest, where the main Torkham crossing into Afghanistan is situated, said there were no plans to reopen.
“There is strong public resentment. People are angry about this incident and we cannot take a decision in haste,” one senior security official said.
On the other side NATO forces facing difficulties after blockade of
Pakistan. NATO forces using alternate routs to bring things and their
expenditure have been increased by using other difficult routs. It is
being told that NATO is spending 16000 US dollars on a tanker instead of
6000 thousand. SANA
