NATO Supply Not Suspended, Stopped Permanently

Pakistan has permanently stopped passage of NATO supply through the country following an airstrike that left 25 soldiers dead, said Interior Minister Rehman Malik.

Rehman Malik on Sunday said that the supply of NATO through Pakistan has not been suspended, rather it has been stopped permanently.

As many as 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed and 15 were injured after NATO helicopters from Afghanistan attacked a border checkpost in Mohmand tribal region near the Afghan border early Saturday, leading to Islamabad lodging a strong protest with Washington.

Talking to reporters here, Rehman Malik strongly condemned the NATO attack on Pakistani forces.

"NATO force should respect feelings of Pakistani nation," Associated Press of Pakistan quoted Rehman Malik as saying.

He said the country was aggrieved at the soldiers' death in the wake of NATO attack on Salala post in Mohmand Agency.

The minister said that NATO containers which have been stopped would not be allowed to cross the Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

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The fact is that the USA knows the importance of Pakistan in terms of supplies and transport so I think that it was a genuine error on this occasion. I agree with some people that the USA has a long history of targetting the wrong people, but the USA and Afghan forces would not call in an airstrike out of pure boredom. My theory is that insurgents may have ambushed the forces and then retreated back into Pakistan, the airstike simply targetted where they believed the insurgents retreated back to, and on this occasion it happened to be two Pakistani army posts. We also have to remember that Pakistan is on the rather cosy side towards insurgents.

They had every right to operate there provided the Pakistani government let them. Your trying to tell me they should't be there if the host country allows their presence?

Anyway if this is how Pakistan feels then the US should pull all money and aid out of Pakistan.

Shortly followed by a quick withdrawal from Afghanistan.

They had every right to operate there provided the Pakistani government let them. Your trying to tell me they should't be there if the host country allows their presence?

Anyway if this is how Pakistan feels then the US should pull all money and aid out of Pakistan. Shortly followed by a quick withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Hopefully.

They had every right to operate there provided the Pakistani government let them. Your trying to tell me they should't be there if the host country allows their presence?

Anyway if this is how Pakistan feels then the US should pull all money and aid out of Pakistan. Shortly followed by a quick withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Your telling me the US is managing to operate bases on Pakistani soil without their knowledge?

Your telling me the US is managing to operate bases on Pakistani soil without their knowledge?

Pakistan does not allow foreign troops to operate within the country.

The Shamsi air base for drones and use of the Shahbaz Air Base is not the same as having boots on the ground.

Yeah I completely missed what you were trying to say. Sorry

Foreign aid to Pakistan was stopped in July i believe (or at least was halted). Please correct me if i am wrong.

Fair enough, I want to go back to your other point though. Do you think that the US have to withdraw now, if relations aren't restored? Tell me if I'm wrong, but I thought you supported the war in Afghanistan, early withdrawal will probably lead to the revival of the Taliban. Is that something that you think the US and NATO have to accept in the potential scenario of Pak living up to it's promise?



It was not stopped, it was cut, by £500m I believe.

I believe the Taliban wont revive. The idea will live on but more terrorists are being bred with us being there than if we left.

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I believe the Taliban wont revive.

but more terrorists are being bred with us being there than if we left.

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