Monday, May 14, 2012

U.S., Pakistan Negotiate Reopening Of NATO Route

Radio Free Europe
The United States says it has been holding intense negotiations with Pakistan to get the country to reopen its border to convoys carrying supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan. Discussions were scheduled to resume this week, U.S. Embassy spokesman Mark Stroh said. Pakistani Cabinet members and senior military officials were expected to meet on May 15 to discuss whether to allow the supplies to resume. On May 13, the commander of NATO-led forces in Afghanistan, U.S. General John Allen, met with Pakistani and Afghan army chiefs General Ashfaq Kayani and General Sher Muhammad Karimi for talks on border security. Those talks were held in Rawalpindi, near Islamabad. It has been almost six months since Pakistan blocked the supply line in retaliation for U.S. air strikes that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

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