A view of destruction caused by bomb explosions at Torkham along Afghanistan border in Pakistan on March 24. Nearly 40 trucks carrying fuel to U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan were destroyed in two bomb attacks on the Pakistani border, officials said. Mohammad Zubair / The Associated Press From Defense Technology News:
(NSI News Source Info) February 16, 2009: NATO’s supply route through Pakistan is a gravy train for the military establishment…and the Taliban. Western troops fighting in Afghanistan depend on the Karachi-Khyber-Kabul supply route for 70 to 80 percent of their needs. While its importance to US and NATO forces has received considerable coverage in recent months, there has been less attention given to its importance for Pakistan’s military establishment.
The National Logistics Corporation (or the National Logistics Cell, NLC) is an ostensibly civilian entity staffed by serving and retired military personnel, and owned by the Pakistani army. According to the February 2009 issue of the Herald, a Pakistani monthly, it charges NATO between 200,000 to 250,000 Pakistani rupees per container arriving at Karachi, and pays private truckers between 100,000 to 150,000 for moving them to Afghanistan.
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My Comment: War profiteers .... they always exist in every war.