Pakistan blocked NATO and the United States supply routes in retaliation after NATO chased suspected insurgents from Afghanistan into the Pakistan border killing three Pakistani frontier troops. Pakistan's government has been protesting the attacks made by NATO and many U.S. drone missile strikes increased in the past month. Sources from the U.S. government say that Pakistani security forces do little to stop militants crossing into Afghanistan to attack foreign troops. "The surge in attacks and apparent increased willingness by NATO to strike targets on the border or just inside Pakistan, could be a sign the coalition is losing patience with Pakistan, which has long been accused of harboring militants in its lawless tribal regions." The Pakistan government said that the decision to block NATO vehicles was for security reasons, fearing that the vehicles might be attacked by angry tribesmen. Pakistani supply routes are the cheapest and most convenient to transport NATO and U.S. non-lethal supplies to troops in Afghanistan.
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Posted by Christine Steinbeiss
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