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Pakistan blocked Khyber Pass: stop supplies to ISAF forces in Afghanistan

Islamabad, Pakistan - Began at the dawn of today against militant

The leading administrator in Khyber, Tariq Hayat, announced the block of a key supply route to US and NATO forces in Afghanistan in order to begin an offensive against militant. Troops backed by helicopter gunships and tanks began the operation in the Khyber Pass area early on Tuesday. There has been a spate of hijackings and attacks on vehicles carrying crucial overland supplies to US and NATO...

AVIONEWS - World Aeronautical Press Agency - 1098203
Rome, Italy, 12/30/2008 18:10
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