A Pakistani employee looks at burned-out trucks at a NATO terminal outside the northwestern city of Peshawar on December 7. More than 200 Taliban militants launched a pre-dawn raid Sunday on a NATO terminal in Pakistan, torching 65 trucks containing supplies for troops in Afghanistan, police said. (AFP/Tariq Mahmood)From The Guardian:
• Race to open new Afghan supply lines
• Nato seeks northern route as resurgent Taliban exposes 'achilles heel'
Nato countries are scrambling for alternative routes as far afield as Belarus and Ukraine to supply their forces in Afghanistan, which are increasingly vulnerable to a resurgent Taliban, the Guardian has learned.
Four serious attacks on US and Nato supplies in Pakistan during the past month, including two in the past three days, have added to the sense of urgency to conclude pacts with former Soviet republics bordering Afghanistan to the north.
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My Comment: If Nato is feeling squeezed right now .... what would they feel like once the surge is taking place. This is a serious problem that will need to be addressed very quickly .... unfortunately the alternatives are not that appealing nor possible.