Taliban fighters destroy crucial Nato supplies in Pakistan.

Daily Telegraph (UK) ^ | 07 Dec 2008 | Isambard Wilkinson

[PotatoHeadMick]

Hundreds of Taliban fighters have stormed a crucial Nato depot outside the Pakistani city of Peshawar, destroying over 100 lorries which would have taken supplies to American and British forces in Afghanistan. The gunmen overpowered and disarmed the security guards, before setting fire to the vehicles, many of which were laden with Humvee armoured cars intended for Western forces.

About three quarters of all the ammunition, food, weapons and other supplies needed by Nato's troops in Afghanistan, including 8,000 British soldiers, pass through Pakistan. The Taliban have clearly identified this route as a crucial vulnerability.

Most supplies, including fuel, are unloaded in Karachi on the Arabian Sea and then carried along main roads through Pakistan and into Afghanistan via the Khyber Pass. The depot in Peshawar, the nearest city to the Pass which crosses the north-west frontier into Afghanistan, is a vital link in this chain.

The latest attack was a double victory for the Taliban.

[CondorFlight]

Anybody think this was Pakistan’s “answer” to US pressure over Mumbai?

“We can cut off your supplies if . . . “?

[70th Division]

Excellant point. Anyone who stands in the middle of the road(Pakistan adminestration) gets run over by a bus. Time to send the bus. Deficate or remove yourself from the comode. I say we send a message. Bomb something and when they bitch tell them that they have not done the job.

[Tommyjo]

Only if Pakistan agrees to the A-10s. They can't patrol 24/7 and would be a waste of resources. The solution is better ground protection, but the attackers have the upper hand with choosing when they attack.

Images of Taliban in Pakistan with captured Humvees from last month.

[river rat]

Pay attention folks.... This happened in Pakistan...

Pakistan IS the Taliban.
The Taliban couldn’t exist without support from Pakistani OFFICIALS in the Military and Intelligence Services.

Pakistan is the enemy.

[moonman]

Of the few things NATO and the UN is in charge of, they f*ck that up!

[shadowgovernment]

“Pakistan is the enemy.”
>>>...................
nah, just peace loving Muslimmmmms, with a few bad apples..
Religion of peace don't cha know.

[JasonC]

Crucial. Maybe $5-10 million worth. Like we will run out. These pissant little militias have no real power, but we don't go after them at all seriously. We just futz around with tenth-measures.

[fortheDeclaration]

The gunmen overpowered and disarmed the security guards,

The what???? security guards!

Why aren't these military supplies being guarded by the military?