Pakistan blocks vital NATO supplies route after border attacks

PAKISTANI authorities blocked a vital supply route for NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan yesterday after the killing of three soldiers in two NATO cross-border incursions, officials said.

Trucks and fuel tankers for foreign forces in Afghanistan were stopped at the Torkham border post in the Khyber tribal region near Peshawar, hours after the raid.

“Yes, the NATO supplies have been stopped. It has been done locally,” a senior security official said.