Pakistani Border Explosion Sets NATO Trucks on Fire

A massive blast late on Sunday August 30th, near the Chaman crossing in southwestern Pakistans Baluchistan Province, set trucks and oil tankers on fire.

Police official Gul Mohammad says five oil tankers, five trailers and two container trucks have been burned so far.

Pakistani supply routes to landlocked Afghanistan are vital for Western forces battling a resurgent Taliban.

They will become even more important as the United States increases its forces in the country to perhaps 60,000 soldiers by years end.

The U.S. Defense Department says 75 percent of supplies for the Afghan war, including 40 percent of the fuel for its troops, move through or over Pakistan.

Pakistani Taliban stepped up attacks on the main supply route through Pakistan's Khyber Pass last year.

Pakistani forces responded with an offensive in late December to clear militants away from the route.

On a daily basis, about 300 trucks cross into Afghanistan through the Kyber Pass and about 100 cross over at the Chaman Pass.

The supply route through the border town of Chaman leads to the Afghan city of Kandahar, and has been largely free of attacks, at least on the Pakistani side.

Western forces in Afghanistan have played down the impact of the disruption, saying they have stockpiles of supplies.

But the attacks in the Khyber region have forced NATO to look for alternate entry routes, including through Central Asia, into northern Afghanistan.

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[theshahnawazi]

nato (dogies)

[AgainstEvil1970]

@moakhtar Filthy Islamist paki who prays to an Arab pedophile, are you happy by the killing of kufir shabaaz bhatti, wajbul quatil? Hahaha...filthy arabized fanatical cesspool called Pakistan. You must be proud..hahaha

[moakhtar]

@AgainstEvil1970 Foaming at mouth bannia, seems like I stepped on your tail... LMAO.... You cockroaches are the lowest of the low, did you kill any sikh, christian or muslim lately?

Now go to a red light district for rakhi bandhan, fu(king pimp...

[AgainstEvil1970]

@moakhtar Filthy arabized paki, what are you going to do with the gaddafi stadium now since that joker is going to be overthrown by his people? Hardback gave 2 billion dollar tip in 1974 for shameless paki beggars for screwing benazir bhuttto. Filthy arabized shameless pimps. You will sell your mothers and sisters if the price is right..hahaha..paki pigs.

[moakhtar]

@AgainstEvil1970 Ah! Another bannia foaming at mouth, hey bannia go kill some skihs, muslims or christians.

[AgainstEvil1970]

@moakhtar I will never confuse filthy fanatical primitive pakis with civilized Indians . Never. After all, fanatical pakis welcome murderers like qadri with rose petals. Hahaha.

[asteriapania]

Thanks to pacistan talib ! Good works !

[canastaten]

Ughhhh, lets argue politics on YouTube

[moakhtar]

@AgainstEvil1970 Pls do not confuse India terrorist with Pakis

[AgainstEvil1970]

@captainattack Fanatical people who live like pigs will die like pigs. Don't insult dogs. Pakis are pigs.