Broth needs careful, verified stirring
A BBC News report which opens with:
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The Pakistani cabinet has ordered officials to finalise a deal as quickly as possible to bring an end to a six-month blockade on overland Nato supplies into Afghanistan. But it has stopped short of announcing when the transit lines will reopen.
How about this, sorry it is a scam IMO:
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Pakistani MPs also support the idea of Nato paying Islamabad a levy to use the routes, in addition to paying the lorry drivers' salaries....Pakistan's civilian government has to draw up a budget in a couple of weeks' time and desperately needs US cash which is currently being held up because of the tensions
Link:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18095383
I am sure the US Congress will be grateful to pay more to Pakistan.
US$5k for a broth container
More speculation and selective briefing on the talks on renewed use of Pakistani territory, for overland transport and a reported US$5k per container - for 'wear & tear" on the roads etc:http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/...kUU_story.html
I noted this paragraph, with my emphasis:
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U.S. officials noted that the parliamentary recommendations being debated referred only to nonlethal supplies traveling into Afghanistan but proposed no such restriction on outgoing goods.
There's also a nice map of the NDN, Pakistani and other links:http://www.washingtonpost.com/nation...H_graphic.html
Supplying War: Afghanistan
A comprehensive examination of supplying war, which starts with the strategic setting - a point we rarely mention - and then turns to examining the complexities around supplying the war in Afghanistan.
Link:http://www.opendemocracy.net/derek-g...ns-of-distance
In footnote (xx) I noted this:
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‘Sensitive’ supplies remain the preserve of military convoys, so that even this degree of outsourcing has required the Army to dedicate over 30 per cent of its enlisted force in Afghanistan in 2011 to logistics operations.
Pakistan confirms reopening of Nato supply lines
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“The meeting of Pakistan’s defence committee (DCC) of the cabinet has decided to reopen the Nato supplies,” ....The official announcement came after US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said ...the United States was “sorry” for losses suffered by the Pakistani military in November.
....no lethal cargo will go into Afghanistan except equipment ANSF, essential for ensuring peace and stability in Afghanistan.... Pakistan will continue not to charge any transit fee
Link:http://dawn.com/2012/07/04/pakistan-...-supply-lines/
There is a little more on:http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-18691691
A noteworthy development. It will be interesting to see how the non-lethal condition works out and whether more leaves than goes in soon.