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| Pakistan suspends Afghan supplies | Pakistan suspends Afghan supplies |
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| Pakistan has suspended supplies to US and Nato forces in Afghanistan via the Khyber Pass to begin operations against militants in the area, officials say. | Pakistan has suspended supplies to US and Nato forces in Afghanistan via the Khyber Pass to begin operations against militants in the area, officials say. |
| Troops backed by helicopter gunships and tanks began an operation early on Tuesday, a local administrator said. | Troops backed by helicopter gunships and tanks began an operation early on Tuesday, a local administrator said. |
| There has been a spate of hijackings and attacks on vehicles carrying crucial overland supplies to US and Nato troops fighting the Taleban. | There has been a spate of hijackings and attacks on vehicles carrying crucial overland supplies to US and Nato troops fighting the Taleban. |
| The route from the port city of Karachi is a major source of supply. | The route from the port city of Karachi is a major source of supply. |
| Drone attacks | |
| The leading administrator in Khyber, Tariq Hayat, said: "Supplies to Nato forces will remain suspended until we clear the area of militants and outlaws who have gone out of control." | |
| He said a curfew had been imposed and the main road to the Afghan border was closed. | |
| Since September the Taleban in Pakistan have targeted vehicles carrying supplies for foreign forces in Afghanistan. | |
| They have hijacked lorries, stolen their cargo and kidnapped their drivers. | |
| Lorry drivers recently suspended organised convoys to Afghanistan due to the worsening security although some supplies did continue. | |
| Recently thousands of protesters turned out in Pakistan's city of Peshawar to demand an end to the supply route and to US strikes into Pakistan. | |
| There have been a number of missile attacks by pilotless US drones on targets inside Pakistan, which the government in Islamabad has strongly opposed. |