Oil tankers loaded with supplies for NATO forces waited to cross the southwest Pakistan-Afghanistan border crossing in Chaman on Friday. Saeed Ali Achakzai/ReutersPakistan Briefly Reopens Key NATO Supply Route
-- New York Times
-- New York Times
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Pakistan briefly reopened the Khyber Pass on Friday, three days after it was sealed off as part of a military offensive against Taliban guerrillas. The passage is the most important supply route for American and other NATO troops fighting the Taliban movement in neighboring Afghanistan.
The main road through the pass, in northwestern Pakistan, was open for six hours on Friday morning and afternoon and was expected to be open for the same duration on Saturday, said Tariq Hayat, the top official in the Khyber Agency, the formal name for the surrounding political district. He said 800 cars, buses, tractors and cargo trucks traveled the road on Friday.
“As our comfort zone increases, we will be easing off on the restriction of movement,” Mr. Hayat said. “Right now, we are still in the middle of active operations.”
However, the critical test will not come until after the Khyber military operation is finished. Some militants are thought to have moved to other areas to avoid the offensive, and after similar military operations in western Pakistan, the guerrillas simply migrated back and resumed attacks once the troops departed.
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