moderate libertarian
12-12-2011, 08:03 PM
Obama's masters don't seem to have a clue what they are doing:
12 December 2011
Pakistan considers taxing Nato Afghanistan trucks
Many tankers bound for Afghanistan are now stranded in the port of Karachi
Pakistan is considering charging millions of dollars in annual taxes on Nato trucks and fuel tankers, officials have told the BBC.
The vehicles pass through Pakistan on their way to Afghanistan.
The charges might include taxes on fuel in addition to port and storage fees, they said.
The supply route is a lifeline for Nato troops but Pakistan closed it last month after 24 of its soldiers were killed in a Nato air strike.
Thousands of tankers are now stranded.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told the BBC that Pakistan may continue its blocking of Nato convoys into Afghanistan for several weeks.
On the same day, gunmen attacked tankers stranded in the province of Balochistan for the second time in four days.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16145380
12 December 2011
Pakistan considers taxing Nato Afghanistan trucks
Many tankers bound for Afghanistan are now stranded in the port of Karachi
Pakistan is considering charging millions of dollars in annual taxes on Nato trucks and fuel tankers, officials have told the BBC.
The vehicles pass through Pakistan on their way to Afghanistan.
The charges might include taxes on fuel in addition to port and storage fees, they said.
The supply route is a lifeline for Nato troops but Pakistan closed it last month after 24 of its soldiers were killed in a Nato air strike.
Thousands of tankers are now stranded.
On Sunday, Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani told the BBC that Pakistan may continue its blocking of Nato convoys into Afghanistan for several weeks.
On the same day, gunmen attacked tankers stranded in the province of Balochistan for the second time in four days.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-asia-16145380