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U.S. stops shipment route from Afghanistan through Pakistan
http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/12/03/u-s-stops-shipment-route-from-afghanistan-through-pakistan/
U.S. stops shipment route from Afghanistan through Pakistan
By Agence France-Presse
Tuesday, December 3, 2013 21:37 EST
The US military on Tuesday suspended shipments of equipment out of Afghanistan through Pakistan, citing protests that posed a threat to the safety of truck drivers, officials said.
The move came after club-wielding activists in northwest Pakistan forcibly searched trucks for NATO supplies in protest over US drone strikes in the tribal belt.
“We have voluntarily halted US shipments of retrograde cargo through the Pakistan Ground Line of Communication (GLOCC) from Torkham Gate through Karachi,” Pentagon spokesman Mark Wright in a statement.
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About half of the US cargo is being taken out through the Pakistan route via the Torkham crossing, with the remainder being removed by aircraft or a combination of planes and ships.
unhappycamper comment: Since it's difficult to get ships to Afghanistan, we are removing the rest of our 'stuff' by airplane. Ka Ching...