More Than 160 US, NATO Vehicles Burned in Pakistan

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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Militants blasted their way into two transport terminals in Pakistan on Sunday and torched more than 160 vehicles destined for U.S.-led troops in Afghanistan, in the biggest assault yet on a vital military supply line, officials said.

The U.S. military said its losses in the raid near the northwestern city of Peshawar would have only a "minimal" impact on its operations against resurgent Taliban-led militants in Afghanistan.

However, the attack's boldness will fuel concern that Taliban militants are tightening their hold around Peshawar and could choke the supply route through the famed Khyber Pass.

Up to 75 percent of supplies for Western forces in landlocked Afghanistan pass through Pakistan after being unloaded from ships at the Arabian sea port of Karachi. NATO is already seeking an alternative route through Central Asia.

The attack at the Portward Logistic Terminal reduced a section of the vast walled compound to a smoldering junkyard.

Terminal manager Kifayatullah Khan said armed men flattened the gate before dawn with a rocket-propelled grenade, shot dead a guard and set fire to a total of 106 vehicles, including about 70 Humvees.

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1. We really have to take Baluchistan away from Pakistan

Afghanistan is landlocked and bordered by Pakistan and Iran.

In order to be able to suck gas and oil out of Central Asia through Afghanistan, as well as provide easy resupply of our troops, we need to separate Baluchistan from Pakistan.

By obtaining Baluchistan as a client state, we can also defeat the Chinese strategy to develop a port at Gwadar.

:sarcasm: