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Summary Pakistan's blockade to NATO supply to Afghanistan entered a third week on Saturday.
Pakistans blockade of the vital US supply line into Afghanistan entered a third week Saturday, the longest closure of the 10-year war with no imminent sign of the border reopening.Pakistans fragile alliance with the United States crashed to new lows two weeks ago on November 26 when NATO air strikes killed 24 Pakistani soldiers in what the Pakistan military called a deliberate attack.US President Barack Obama telephoned President Asif Ali Zardari to offer his condolences, but Washington has stopped short of apologising pending the results of a military investigation into what happened, due December 23.Although Pakistani and US officials dispute the precise sequence of events, Pakistan closed its two crossings to US and NATO supplies and gave American personnel until Sunday to leave Shamsi air base used by CIA drones.Officials in the northwest, where the main Torkham crossing into Afghanistan is situated, said there were no plans to reopen.There is strong public resentment. People are angry about this incident and we cannot take a decision in haste, one senior security official said.
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