Pakistanis Denounce Reopening of NATO Supply Lines

Navideshahed: Thousands of Pakistanis have taken to the streets in the south of the country to protest against Islamabad’s decision to reopen NATO supply routes to neighboring Afghanistan.

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سه‌شنبه - ۰۷ آبان ۲۰۱۲ / 2012 07 August

According to AFP, the demonstrators gathered in the port city of Karachi on Monday to vent their anger at the government’s decision.

The demonstration had been organized by Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan's most powerful Islamic political party.

Pakistan had been the main supply route for US-led forces occupying Afghanistan from October 2001 to November 2011, during which 150 to 200 trucks entered Afghanistan every day.

Islamabad closed the border crossings used to transfer NATO supplies to Afghanistan in November 2011, after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in US-led airstrikes on two checkpoints at the Afghan border.

On July 4, Islamabad agreed to reopen the border crossings after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was “sorry for the losses suffered by the Pakistani military.”?

However, from July 4 to 24, only a few supply trucks were allowed to cross into Afghanistan from Pakistan.

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Source: IRIB World Service

According to AFP, the demonstrators gathered in the port city of Karachi on Monday to vent their anger at the government’s decision. The demonstration had been organized by Jamaat-e-Islami, Pakistan's most powerful Islamic political party. Pakistan had been the main supply route for US-led forces occupying Afghanistan from October 2001 to November 2011, during which 150 to 200 trucks entered Afghanistan every day. Islamabad closed the border crossings used to transfer NATO supplies to Afghanistan in November 2011, after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed in US-led airstrikes on two checkpoints at the Afghan border. On July 4, Islamabad agreed to reopen the border crossings after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said she was “sorry for the losses suffered by the Pakistani military.”? However, from July 4 to 24, only a few supply trucks were allowed to cross into Afghanistan from Pakistan. The End Source: IRIB World Service