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Pakistan Nato Routes Row: Pakistan Should 'Bite The Bullet,' U.S. Official SaysPakistan banned trucks from carrying supplies to the war effort in Afghanistan last year in protest against a cross-border NATO air attack that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers, a measure U.S. officials initially hoped would be short term.
"We have longer-term interests that we must keep in mind. The interests are nuclear, it is counterterrorism and it is also reconciliation in Afghanistan for a relatively peaceful and stable region," said the U.S. official, who spoke on condition of anonymity.
Pakistan, for its part, is demanding an apology from the United States over the NATO strike, but it is unlikely to get one.
The NATO strike fanned national anger over everything from covert CIA drone strikes to the U.S. incursion into Pakistan last year to kill al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden, and the supply routes evolved into a lightning-rod issue.
This has been going on for months, there is a rise of a political party that is based on anti-droning. Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI),
Q. How in the hell are we supposed to partner with a security pact, with Afg. if we can't resolve basic Paki issues??
A. We can't - so just get out NOW