Security risks: Over 200 NATO containers Karachi-bound
Stranded supplies at Chaman border sent back with strict security measures.
Containers carrying military hardware and supplies for Nato forces stationed in Afghanistan, which are stranded at Chaman border, began returning to Karachi on Wednesday.
The Afghanistan bound containers and oil tankers were stopped near Chaman and Quetta on November 26, 2011 following the deadly Nato air strike on Pakistani outposts in Mohmand Agency. Nato supplies from Balochistan were suspended on the directives of Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani. Oil tankers were sent back to Karachi beforehand due to the threat of them being torched. Over 200 containers were sent back from Chaman border with strict security measures adopted by paramilitary troops, Frontier Corps (FC) and other law enforcing agencies.
“All the oil tankers carrying fuel for Nato forces were sent back earlier while containers started moving back on Wednesday,” sources said.
Stringent measures have been taken by security forces and law enforcement agencies in Chaman for the protection of stranded Nato suppliers. Over 600 workers, including drivers, cleaners and helpers, had been stranded in Chaman along with the vehicles.
“We were mentally tense as we had to stay at the Nato terminal in Chaman for so many days,” a driver told the media.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 5th, 2012.
The Afghanistan bound containers and oil tankers were stopped near Chaman and Quetta on November 26, 2011 following the deadly Nato air strike on Pakistani outposts in Mohmand Agency. Nato supplies from Balochistan were suspended on the directives of Chief Minister Nawab Aslam Raisani. Oil tankers were sent back to Karachi beforehand due to the threat of them being torched. Over 200 containers were sent back from Chaman border with strict security measures adopted by paramilitary troops, Frontier Corps (FC) and other law enforcing agencies.
“All the oil tankers carrying fuel for Nato forces were sent back earlier while containers started moving back on Wednesday,” sources said.
Stringent measures have been taken by security forces and law enforcement agencies in Chaman for the protection of stranded Nato suppliers. Over 600 workers, including drivers, cleaners and helpers, had been stranded in Chaman along with the vehicles.
“We were mentally tense as we had to stay at the Nato terminal in Chaman for so many days,” a driver told the media.
Published in The Express Tribune, January 5th, 2012.