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Nato supplies lifeline blocked off in Pakistan
Police have pronounced six people dead and nine others badly wounded in a militant attack this morning on a depot in Pakistan where dozens of tankers were being filled with fuel for Nato troops in Afghanistan.
The Taliban in Pakistan said it was behind the assault on the depot and a previous incident in which a convoy was hit on Friday.
Pakistan is now refusing to allow Nato convoys to access Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass, after three Pakistani soldiers were killed in an air-strike last week.
The attackers stormed a depot where dozens of tankers were being prepared for a Nato convoy near Rawat outside Islamabad just after midnight.
The closed off Khyber Pass is fundamental for supplies to reach Afghanistan. Up to 80% of Nato’s non-lethal supplies are now going through Pakistan.
It is the second time Nato convoys have been attacked in recent days. Last Friday, at least 27 lorries carrying supplies for Nato troops were set on fire in the southern Sindh province.
It is unclear when the dispute surrounding last week's cross-border attack will be resolved, opening the Khyber Pass as normal.
More than 200 lorries carrying supplies for Nato troops remain stuck at the border post.
