Pakistan blocks NATO supply route

The World

Anchor Lisa Mullins speaks with the BBC’s Aleem Maqbool in Islamabad about Pakistan’s decision today to close a vital border crossing into Afghanistan, cutting off a NATO military supply line. The move followed a NATO helicopter raid in which Pakistan says three of its soldiers were killed.

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