Pakistan halts NATO supply trucks

Pakistani authorities have stopped NATO supply trucks in northwest Pakistan following a helicopter attack by US-led troops in a tribal region, officials say.

The government officials said on Thursday the order came to stop oil tankers and trucks carrying NATO supplies at the Torkham border post bordering Afghanistan.
The block of NATO trucks came after US-led helicopters targeted a tribal region in Pakistan, killing at least three Pakistani militiamen and injuring five others.
The choppers attacked a military checkpoint in Pakistan’s Kurram tribal region near Afghanistan’s border earlier on Thursday.
Pakistani airspace was violated by two gunship helicopters in a Thursday pre-dawn assault.
The violation is the third attack by foreign troops in Pakistani territories within a week.

Source: Press TV