Pakistan reopens Afghan force supply route
Supplies to Western forces in Afghanistan through Pakistan’s Khyber Pass were briefly suspended on Monday after militants attacked an army camp, killing a paramilitary soldier and wounding 10, an official said. Pakistani supply routes from the port of Karachi to land-locked Afghanistan are vital for Western forces battling a resurgent Taliban. They are likely to become even more important as the United States builds up its Afghanistan force, perhaps doubling it to 60,000 soldiers,
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