Pakistan Resumes Fuel Shipments to NATO

Pakistan has resumed fuel shipments to NATO forces in Afghanistan after suspending the shipments for several hours. Pakistani officials claim the suspension of shipments was due to security fears but the suspension came just days after a US commando raid into Pakistan that killed 20 terrorists.

This is probably a message from Pakistan to US and NATO forces that it can halt logistical support to NATO forces at any time it wants. Reuters

ISLAMABAD (Reuters) - Pakistan has reopened supply lines to Western forces in Afghanistan, after the road through the Khyber Pass was blocked on Saturday, days after a raid by U.S. commandos on a Pakistani village, a minister said on Monday.

Rehman Malik, the top Interior Ministry official, said the road was unblocked after a few hours, and traffic had only been halted for security reasons, although the country's defence minister had earlier said the action was taken in response to violations of Pakistani territory by Western forces.[...]

But the move to stop tankers carrying fuel came after the new government expressed outrage over the killing of 20 people, including women and children, during a U.S. commando raid on a remote border village in Pakistani tribal lands on September 3.

Defence Minister Chaudhry Ahmed Mukhtar told Dawn Television on Saturday that the fuel supply route through Torkham had been blocked "to tell how serious we are".

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