Khyber Pass Will Re-Open Monday To Supply Western Forces In Afghanistan

Pakistan To Re-Open Khyber To Supply
Western Forces -- Reuters

PESHAWAR, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan will reopen a main supply route to Western forces in Afghanistan on Monday, a week after militants hijacked more than a dozen trucks on the road through the Khyber Pass, a senior official said on Sunday.

Most supplies, including fuel, for U.S. and NATO forces in landlocked Afghanistan are trucked through Pakistan, much of it through the fabled pass that lies between the northwestern city of Peshawar and the border town of Torkham.

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My Comment: Expect the Taliban are going to step up the war on Nato's supply routes. Success in this effort will severely dampen NATO plans to expand their forces in 2009, and the Taliban with their allies know this.

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