Attacks on Khyber trucking threaten US supply line
                   
iht.com     May 20, 2008            

Thieves, feuding tribesmen and Taliban militants are creating chaos along the main Pakistan-Afghanistan highway, threatening a vital supply line for U.S. and NATO forces. Abductions and arson attacks on the hundreds of cargo trucks plying the switchback road through the Khyber Pass have become... [read full story]                    


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