NATO Is Hoping That Pakistan Will Open The Supply Routes

NATO Hopes For Reopening Of Pakistan Supply Route -- NPR/AP

KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) — NATO hopes for a quick reopening of blocked supply routes through Pakistan because the 5-week closure is damaging the economies of both Afghanistan and Pakistan, an alliance officer said Monday.

Pakistan shut the routes, which NATO uses to ship about 40 percent of the supplies for its forces in landlocked Afghanistan, after alliance airstrikes killed 24 Pakistani border troops in November.

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More News On U.S./NATO - Pakistan Relations

NATO hopes for quick reopening of supply routes through Pakistan, says closure is damaging -- Washington Post/AP
NATO hopes for reopening of Pakistan supply route -- AP
Ship with Nato supplies berths at port -- DAWN
NATO supplies pile up at Pakistan port -- AFP
NATO wants relations with Pakistan back on track -- Khaleej Times/AFP
Pakistan, US Assume Less Cooperation -- Time/AP
Redefined Pakistan-US relationship means less cooperation, lower expectations -- Washington Post/AP

My Comment: As Secretary of State Clinton once remarked .... hope is not a strategy. But for NATO when it comes to their supply routes through Pakistan .... that is the strategy that they are "hoping" for.