Earlier, on 10th November a group of militants had hijacked 13 trucks carrying supplies for NATO forces and World Food Programme on the main highway in Jamrud. Nevertheless, Pakistan had put in place a new plan and supplies were resumed by reopening the Peshawar-Torkham highway. Security forces started escorting convoys carrying fuel and other goods from Tahkt Bai to the border town of Torkham.
He described the loss of Pakistani soldiers in a cross-border incident as “very unfortunate” and said a NATO investigation is going on into it.
Holbrooke argued that working with Pakistan for success of the Afghan mission is the right policy.
The envoy described the US overall relationship with Pakistan as “more complicated than any strategic relationship I’ve ever been involved in”.
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