Pakistan Blocks Fuel Supply Route To Western Forces

Trucks loaded with supplies for NATO forces wait to cross the southwest Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing in Chaman September 6, 2008. Pakistan blocked a major fuel supply route in the northwest on Saturday in response to a raid by U.S. forces into northwest Pakistan this week, the defence minister said. REUTERS/Saeed Ali Achakzai (PAKISTAN)

Pakistan Blocks Fuel Supply Route To Western Forces -- IBN Live

Peshawar: Pakistani authorities have blocked a major fuel supply route for Western forces based in Afghanistan because of security concerns, officials said on Saturday.

The decision comes days after US commandos staged a raid on suspected militants inside Pakistani territory, drawing a furious response from the Pakistani government.

Officials said supplies had been blocked from crossing through the main crossing point on the Pakistani-Afghan border near Peshawar, capital of North West Frontier Province on the border with Afghanistan.

''We got instructions from Islamabad. The Frontier Corps has been directed to stop oil supplies for NATO,'' said a senior official in Peshawar, referring to a paramilitary force.

He said the government did not give a reason for the move. A second border crossing in the southwestern town of Chaman was operating normally on Saturday.

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My Comment: Pakistan's way of telling Afghanistan and Nato that they do not appreciate having Nato forces entering their country to attack Taliban safe houses. Nato and Afghanistan must now formulate a better way to bring in supplies, but considering how landlocked Afghanistan is, this is going to be a problem.