Pakistan's security forces patrol in the troubled Pakistani tribal area of Khyber near Peshawar. Qazi Tariq / Associated PressFrom The L.A. Times:
The crucial land route for supplies to U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan is reopened three days after being closed because of a Pakistani offensive against Islamic militants in the region.
Reporting from Islamabad, Pakistan -- A crucial land route for military supplies for Western troops in Afghanistan was reopened Friday by Pakistani authorities, three days after being closed because of fighting between the Pakistani army and Islamic militants.
But the reopening of the historic Khyber Pass was unlikely to mark an end to bold attacks by militants that have plagued the route, making shipments of NATO materiel increasingly untenable for the last two months.
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