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To lessen its dependence on Pakistan, the U.S. military has greatly expanded its use of supply lines through Russia and Central Asia to deliver equipment and material to the war zone in Afghanistan. Those routes, known collectively as the Northern Distribution Network, are much more circuitous and expensive than the supply lines through Pakistan but are also considered more stable. Souce: National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. By Gene Thorp - The Washington Post.
To lessen its dependence on Pakistan, the U.S. military has greatly expanded its use of supply lines through Russia and Central Asia to deliver equipment and material to the war zone in Afghanistan. Those routes, known collectively as the Northern Distribution Network, are much more circuitous and expensive than the supply lines through Pakistan but are also considered more stable. Souce: National Geospatial Intelligence Agency. By Gene Thorp - The Washington Post.
Pakistan Agrees To Reopen NATO Supply Route To Afghanistan, But For A Fee -- McClatchy News
ISLAMABAD — The cost of the U.S.-led war effort in Afghanistan is about to rise by $365 million annually under an agreement that would reopen a key NATO supply route through Pakistan that’s been closed for nearly six months.
The accord, which the Pakistani government announced late Tuesday, would revive the transport of vital supplies of food and equipment from Pakistani ports overland to land-locked Afghanistan. In return, the U.S.-led coalition will pay Pakistan a still-to-be-fixed fee of $1,500 to $1,800 for each truck carrying supplies, a tab that officials familiar with negotiations estimated would run nearly $1 million a day. The officials requested anonymity because they weren’t authorized to reveal details of the agreement.
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More News On Pakistan;'s Conditions To Re-Open Supply Lines To Afghanistan
Pakistan's price: US to pay $365 million more a year to reopen supply lines -- Christian Science Monitor
Pak clears way for Nato summit, supply routes -- Hindustan Times/AFP
Pakistan and America come to terms: Keep on truckin' -- The Economist
Pakistani Cabinet Backs Agreement On Supply Routes -- Radio Free Europe
Many will profit if Pakistan reopens NATO supply routes -- Washington Post
My Comment: No apology .... a condition that Pakistan demanded after the deaths of 24 soldiers on the Afghan-Pak border.
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