Tuesday, June 12, 2012

U.S. Pakistan Talks On Hold Over NATO Supply Routes To Afghanistan

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta said the United States was reaching the limits of its patience over the protection Pakistan offered to Islamist insurgents Photo: Reuters

US Tells Pakistan To 'Bite The Bullet' Over Nato Supply Routes -- The Telegraph

A senior US government official has said that Pakistan's government should "bite the bullet" and reopen supply routes to Nato forces in Afghanistan.


Pakistan closed the transit routes in response to a cross border Nato air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in November last year. Washington has refused to officially apologise for the deaths.

A team of US officials has been in Pakistan for the last 6 weeks in negotiations aimed at reopening the routes and in turn, easing tensions between the two countries.

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More News On U.S. - Pakistan Talks On NATO Supply Routes

Pakistan Downplays Stalemate With US on Supply Lines -- Voice of America
U.S. Breaks Off Pakistan Talks on Afghan Supply Routes -- Bloomberg Businessweek
US suspends NATO supply talks with Pakistan -- New York Daily News
US leaves unsettled supply talks with Pakistan -- AP
U.S. Takes Step Toward Exit in Pakistan Talks -- New York Times
US-Pakistan Talks On Reopening NATO Supply Routes Put On Hold -- RTT
US-Pakistan talks on Nato routes stall -- New York Daily News
US halts talks with Pakistan on supply routes. Could ties get any worse? -- Howard LaFranchi, Christian Science Monitor

My Comment: Pakistan will not back down .... amd neither the U.S.. Who will be the biggest loser in this dispute .... in the short term the U.S., in the long term Pakistan.

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