Pakistan floods slow supply shipments to U.S. troops in Afghanistan

[Turborama]

Source: AP

SUKKUR, Pakistan – Floods that have inundated sections of Pakistan and cut off roads and railways have also disrupted the main supply lines for U.S. and NATO military forces in Afghanistan.

Trucks carrying U.S. military vehicles were caught in a 30-mile traffic jam on the main highway from the southern port of Karachi to the capital, Islamabad, over the weekend after floodwaters had broken the road and reduced traffic to single file.

Those trucks were far from their usual routes to Afghanistan through western Pakistan, roads that have been cut off because of the floods. Trucks are now having to take a much longer way through the center of the country to Islamabad, and then on to Peshawar. But roads to that city have also been cut off. Capt. Kevin Aandahl, a spokesman for U.S. Transportation Command, which oversees logistics for the war, said the flooding had slowed supply lines but had not stopped materiel from getting to U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Meanwhile, the United Nations said Tuesday that about 800,000 people have been cut off by floods in Pakistan and are reachable only by air, and that 40 more helicopters were needed to ferry lifesaving aid.

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[cosmicone]

1. yeah yeah .. send more aid n/t

[OhioChick]

2. I agree....those poor starving people eating grass breaks my heart.

:(

[sabrina 1]

3. Yes, exactly, more aid is vital at this point and thankfully

it is being provided. The U.S. has moved $50 million of the money allocated for other projects in Pakistan by the John Kerry/Lugar bill from before the disaster for relief efforts.

I see you are still spamming these threads with you zero substance posts.

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[sabrina 1]

4. Didn't they anticipate this though? Not just the floods themselves

but definitely if the government falls.

The disaster will spread throughout the region if that happens. I have to be honest, I am not and never was in favor of the Afghanistan War, and if it could end and turn into a humanitarian effort I would be thrilled. Which is what many of the Democratic voices in Afghanistan have been calling for for years now.

But from the POV of NATO, they certainly need to make sure that the government doesn't collapse for so many reasons not the least of which is supplying their troops.