[NATO's denial that these attacks are having any impact is predictable as are Rice's efforts to keep the South Asian theatre of the war on terror from unravelling in the wake of the Mumbai bombings. This is the first mention I have seen of the Chaman (also spelled Chamman) crossing in Pakistani Baluchistan across from Spin Boldak. -jlt]
The Taliban have hit NATO's precarious supply line through Peshawar the third time in three days. Today, Taliban fighters detonated a bomb under a bridge as a NATO convoy was passing through Peshawar.
The bomb was detonated as the lead vehicle crossed the bridge. Two drivers and a driver's assistant were wounded, and the bridge was heavily damaged. The convoy was stopped dead in its tracks, but the Taliban did not follow up the bombing with an ambush.
| The bulk of NATO's supplies arrive in the port city of Karachi, move north to Peshawar, and head west to the Torkham crossing into Afghanistan and the final destination in Kabul. The rest of the supplies pass through the Chaman border crossing point in Baluchistan or arrive via air. |
The bomb was detonated as the lead vehicle crossed the bridge. Two drivers and a driver's assistant were wounded, and the bridge was heavily damaged. The convoy was stopped dead in its tracks, but the Taliban did not follow up the bombing with an ambush.
A rocket attack at a truck terminal in Peshawar on Nov. 30 killed a driver and wounding another, and set three NATO shipping containers ablaze. The next day, a Taliban force of 25 men assaulted the truck terminal and killed two drivers and torched 21 trucks. Several Humvees being transported to Afghanistan were burned.
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