Pakistan Supply Routes To Afghanistan. Source: US TRANSCOM. Credit: Alyson Hurt/NPR
Marcus Weisgerber. Defense One: Will Pakistan Close NATO’s Supply Routes into Afghanistan? Mattis Plays Down Possibility
‘I’m not concerned,’ the defense secretary tells reporters after the White House announced an intention to suspend military aid to Islamabad.
U.S. Defense Secretary Jim Mattis played down the prospect that Pakistan might close NATO’s supply routes into Afghanistan after the Trump administration said it would suspend military aid to Islamabad.
Alliance forces rely on Pakistani roads to haul supplies to landlocked Afghanistan. Pakistan closed them once before, after a 2011 U.S. airstrike killed two dozen of its soldiers.
“No, I’m not concerned,” Mattis told reporters on Friday at the Pentagon when asked about the prospect of Pakistan shutting down what the military calls Ground Lines of Communication, or GLOCs.
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Update #1: Mattis: Pentagon still working with Pakistan on military supply lines to Afghanistan (The Hill)
Update #2: US military weighs supply options amid Pakistan spat (AFP)
WNU Editor: Both NATO/U.S. and Pakistan are dependent on each other. It is not in the interest for all parties to end this supply route.
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