Nato Supply Trucks

Gunmen in restive northwest Pakistan on Monday attacked container trucks carrying supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing a driver, officials said.

Thousands of people protesting US drone strikes blocked a road in northwest Pakistan on Saturday used to truck NATO troop supplies and equipment in and out of Afghanistan.

A group of suicide bombers attacked a US base near the border with Pakistan on Monday morning, leading to multiple explosions, a gunfight and the closure of a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said.

A suicide truck bomb and gun attack killed seven people on Tuesday, destroying the entrance to a compound used by a foreign NATO supply company in Kabul.

The Pakistani Taliban are claiming responsibility for an attack on NATO supply trucks that killed four people in the country's northwest.

Militants attacked NATO supply trucks in northwest Pakistan with guns and mortars today, setting vehicles ablaze and killing at least six people, officials said.

Afghan police say a suicide car bomber has killed five civilians and wounded another 25 in a botched attempt to hit a convoy of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) supply trucks in eastern Afghanistan.

Pakistan on Tuesday signed a deal with the United States governing arrangements for NATO convoys travelling to Afghanistan, seeking to draw a line under a seven-month border blockade.

Pakistani officials said on Monday that a ban on NATO trucks at the main border crossing into Afghanistan will last until the government promises to safeguard security. Officials closed the northwestern Torkham crossing, the quickest route to the Afghan capital Kabul from the port of Karachi, to NATO traffic on Thursday.

Pakistan has temporarily stopped NATO supply trucks crossing its northwestern border into Afghanistan over security concerns due to fears of Islamist attacks, officials said on Thursday.

A Taliban bomb attack has destroyed 22 fuel tankers carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, local officials said on Wednesday. A pre-dawn explosion triggered a fire which engulfed the trucks, parked in northern Samangan province overnight.

The first truck carrying supplies to American and NATO troops in Afghanistan has crossed the Pakistani border after a seven-month long closure of the supply routes by Pakistan ended earlier this week.

NATO still hopes to reopen transport supply routes to Afghanistan through neighbouring Pakistan despite securing new transit deals with three Central Asian states, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Wednesday.

Pakistan has reportedly demanded $1800 to $2000 as the fee for every NATO container truck and tanker during negotiations with the US for reopening supply routes for foreign troops in Afghanistan.

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has ruled out paying Pakistan USD 5,000 per truck carrying vital supplies across its territory for NATO troops in Afghanistan, citing financial challenges faced by America.

Gunmen in restive northwest Pakistan on Monday attacked container trucks carrying supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan, killing a driver, officials said.

Thousands of people protesting US drone strikes blocked a road in northwest Pakistan on Saturday used to truck NATO troop supplies and equipment in and out of Afghanistan.

A group of suicide bombers attacked a US base near the border with Pakistan on Monday morning, leading to multiple explosions, a gunfight and the closure of a key road used by NATO supply trucks, officials said.

A suicide truck bomb and gun attack killed seven people on Tuesday, destroying the entrance to a compound used by a foreign NATO supply company in Kabul.

The Pakistani Taliban are claiming responsibility for an attack on NATO supply trucks that killed four people in the country's northwest.

Militants attacked NATO supply trucks in northwest Pakistan with guns and mortars today, setting vehicles ablaze and killing at least six people, officials said.

Afghan police say a suicide car bomber has killed five civilians and wounded another 25 in a botched attempt to hit a convoy of North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO) supply trucks in eastern Afghanistan.

Pakistan on Tuesday signed a deal with the United States governing arrangements for NATO convoys travelling to Afghanistan, seeking to draw a line under a seven-month border blockade.

Pakistani officials said on Monday that a ban on NATO trucks at the main border crossing into Afghanistan will last until the government promises to safeguard security. Officials closed the northwestern Torkham crossing, the quickest route to the Afghan capital Kabul from the port of Karachi, to NATO traffic on Thursday.

Pakistan has temporarily stopped NATO supply trucks crossing its northwestern border into Afghanistan over security concerns due to fears of Islamist attacks, officials said on Thursday.

A Taliban bomb attack has destroyed 22 fuel tankers carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, local officials said on Wednesday. A pre-dawn explosion triggered a fire which engulfed the trucks, parked in northern Samangan province overnight.

The first truck carrying supplies to American and NATO troops in Afghanistan has crossed the Pakistani border after a seven-month long closure of the supply routes by Pakistan ended earlier this week.

NATO still hopes to reopen transport supply routes to Afghanistan through neighbouring Pakistan despite securing new transit deals with three Central Asian states, NATO Secretary-General Anders Fogh Rasmussen said on Wednesday.

Pakistan has reportedly demanded $1800 to $2000 as the fee for every NATO container truck and tanker during negotiations with the US for reopening supply routes for foreign troops in Afghanistan.

US Defence Secretary Leon Panetta has ruled out paying Pakistan USD 5,000 per truck carrying vital supplies across its territory for NATO troops in Afghanistan, citing financial challenges faced by America.