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Wednesday, July 4, 2012

NATO Convoys Can Roll Again

NATO troops with Mentoring Task Force 2 unload supplies during a resupply convoy mission in Uruzgan province, Afghanistan. Photo: Department of Defense.

Trucks carrying NATO supplies are expected to cross from Pakistan into Afghanistan Wednesday for the first time in seven months.

Pakistan lifted a blockade after the U.S. said it was sorry for the November air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton delivered the apology. The Pakistani Taliban promise to attack the convoys once they start rolling again. Guest: The BBC’s Aleem Maqbool in Karachi, Pakistan.

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