A frightening story in the New York Times (which is already being updated in other papers). Seems the Pakistani Taliban are closing in on the capitol of Islamabad after seizing a strategic district about 70 miles from the city. Despite having only about 400 fighters, the Pakistani Army is too concerned with war with India [...]
So, today a bridge was blown up by the Taliban that is on the main supply route to Afghanistan. The Russians announced a multi-billion dollar aid package for Kyrgystan. Kyrgyzstan (moments later) announces that the US airbase supporting Afghan operations should be closed post-haste. Isn’t it just amazing the coincidences???
Not a pleasant drive Russia is upping the ante in their current standoff with NATO by threatening a backup supply route for NATO forces in use in Afghanistan, according to the London Times. The road would allows supplies to avoid the ‘bandit country’ of the Khyber pass where things have gotten a bit hairy: The [...]
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