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Eugene

(62,035 posts)
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 07:04 PM Dec 2011

Pakistan blockage of Nato convoys 'may last weeks'

Source: BBC

11 December 2011 Last updated at 15:48 GMT

Pakistan blockage of Nato convoys 'may last weeks'

Pakistan may continue its blocking of Nato convoys into Afghanistan for several weeks, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has told the BBC.

Pakistan stopped the convoys in protest at US air strikes which killed 24 of its troops at two checkpoints on the Afghan border last month.

Mr Gilani refused to rule out closing Pakistan's airspace to the US.

He also denied rumours President Asif Ali Zardari had suffered a stroke and the army was trying to oust him.

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Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16131824
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Pakistan blockage of Nato convoys 'may last weeks' (Original Post) Eugene Dec 2011 OP
Time to claim victory and exit Afghanistan. Old and In the Way Dec 2011 #1

Old and In the Way

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1. Time to claim victory and exit Afghanistan.
Sun Dec 11, 2011, 07:18 PM
Dec 2011

Starting to lose the hearts and minds of all the countries in the region. Lets not wait until we have to helicopter people off of rooftops to realize that we cannot sustain this occupation indefinitely.

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