Source: cbc.ca
Masked insurgents have blocked a mountain pass in Pakistan and hijacked a convoy of trucks carrying military supplies bound for U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday.
Attacks are common against supply trucks that use the Khyber Pass in Pakistan’s northwest to ferry supplies to U.S. and NATO troops that are across the border […]

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Sources: Bloomberg
By Gregory Viscusi
 
U.S.-led coalition forces killed 55 Taliban militants in Afghanistan near the border with Pakistan border in a three-day battle, the coalition said in a statement.
Operations began June 20 when coalition forces were ambushed in the eastern province of Paktika. The coalition repulsed that attack with small-arms fire, and then pursued the militants […]

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