Floods In Pakistan Makes It Harder To Supply Allied Forces In Afghanistan

Pakistani soldiers load supplies onto U.S. Marine Corps CH-53E Super Stallion helicopters attached to the HM-165, 15th Marine Expeditionary Unit, during humanitarian relief efforts in the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province, Pakistan, Aug. 17, 2010. U.S. Marine Corps photo by Capt. Paul Duncan

Pakistan Flooding Disrupts Afghan War Supplies -- New York Times

SUKKUR, Pakistan — The immense floods that have inundated sections of Pakistan and cut roads and railways have also disrupted the main supply lines for United States and NATO military forces in Afghanistan.

Trucks carrying United States military vehicles under blue tarpaulins were caught in a 30-mile traffic jam on the main highway from the southern port of Karachi to the capital, Islamabad, at the weekend where floodwaters had broken the road and reduced traffic to single file.

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My Comment: I am sure that the floods have also impacted the Taliban lines of communications and supply lines. But this is all temporary. In the next few weeks and/or month, war operations and logistics will be going back to normal .... for both sides.