Truck Drivers Stop * Pakistan - Deliveries to US forces in Afghanistan
Peshawar,Pakistan -ABC News (Australia), by Sally Sara -Dec 16, 2008: -- Truck drivers in north-western Pakistan say they will no longer deliver supplies to US-led forces in Afghanistan because of increasing attacks on convoys... The truck drivers from Peshawar in north-western Pakistan are calling on the Pakistani Government to improve security, saying they are no longer willing to put their lives at risk... The members of the Kyber Transport Association say they will not deliver any more supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan until the security situation improves... The drivers made the announcement after a series of attacks on depots and convoys in the region... In the most high-profile incident Taliban militants destroyed more than 90 trucks at a depot in Peshawar last week, killing a security guard in the process... (Photo: Peshawar's trucks in Truck karkhana)
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