Pakistan stops supplies through Khyber Pass

Pakistan has temporarily suspended oil tankers and trucks carrying sealed containers from using the Khyber Pass, a key passage to Afghanistan, an official said today, a move which will probably have an impact on supplies heading to Nato troops.

Pakistan stops supplies through Khyber Pass

Pakistan has temporarily suspended oil tankers and trucks carrying sealed containers from using the Khyber Pass, a key passage to Afghanistan, an official said today, a move which will probably have an impact on supplies heading to Nato troops.

The suspension comes just days after a band of militants hijacked around a dozen trucks whose load included Humvees and other supplies headed to the foreign forces in Afghanistan.

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