Michael Yon

Online Magazine

 
  • Increase font size
  • Default font size
  • Decrease font size
Home Archives Archives 2009 Achilles' Heels

Achilles' Heels

E-mail Print

15 April 2009
From Kuala Lumpur

Violence has dramatically declined in Bangkok.  Touch wood that tensions continue to abate.  Only time will reveal.

The effort in AfPak has more than one Achilles' Heel.  Pakistan supply routes are definitely a weakness.  Please see this story in CSM:
 

NATO, US seek alternatives to Pakistan supply routes
By Anand Gopal / Correspondent
04.12.09

KABUL, AFGHANISTAN – Militants attacked a supply depot Sunday in Pakistan that serves Western forces in Afghanistan, increasing the pressure for US and NATO officials to find alternatives to their beleaguered supply lines.

In a predawn raid in the northwestern city of Peshawar, scores of Pakistani Taliban guerrillas torched trucks stationed at the supply terminal. The assault is the latest in a series that have targeted the Western supply convoys that run through Pakistan to replenish forces fighting in Afghanistan.


Please give the gift of independent reporting. Your gift goes far and is used for transport, lodging, living expenses, satellite communications and for repairing and replacing gear that fails due to the rigors of the battlefields.  Millions of people, in more than a hundred countries, see these photos and words.  Your generosity goes very far, and is greatly appreciated.

Trackback(0)

TrackBack URI for this entry

Comments (0)

Subscribe to this comment's feed

Write comment

smaller | bigger
security image
Write the displayed characters

busy
 

login