The Pakistani government has already imposed some significant measures on the United States in response to Friday’s attack on a Mohmand Agency military base. Experts warn that more may be in the offing, particularly if there is not some sort of rapprochement from the American side.
“If there is another incident, or even a nasty drone attack, the air corridor could also go,” warned Simbal Khan, the director of a top Pakistani government-funded think tank.
The US has already been ordered to vacate the Shamsi drone base in Balochistan, which the Pakistani government had leased to the United Arab Emirates but which US forces had been using for surveillance drones. Pakistan also cut off the supply route through their nation, which is the source of an estimated 40-50% of NATO’s war supplies, reflecting just how much influence Pakistan is capable of exerting on the war.
And though officials are downplaying the impact on the war so far, it is clear that NATO can’t continue to operate in Afghanistan as it has been without Pakistan’s supply route. Officials say that NATO has made a point to keep extra supplies on hand for just such eventualities, but exactly how long they can last remains to be seen.
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Pakistan should bar US from using its air space.
US has most definitely emerged as a Bully. Its about time someone say NO to its bullying.
Nothing lasts forever. Everything has an end.
"Officials say that NATO has made a point to keep extra supplies on hand for just such eventualities, but exactly how long they can last remains to be seen"
We won't have to wait long for fuel difficulties develop…. Winter will see to that… This is the disadvantage of fighting a war with a cowardly policy… Drone murders, proxy abductions… and brain dead troops collecting body parts from those they ambush… Who would want to be associated with anyone trying to collectivize Afghanistan…??? a Lose… Lose proposition…!!!