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Pakistan cabinet approves reopening of NATO supply routes

Other News Materials 4 July 2012 14:21 (UTC +04:00)

Pakistan's cabinet on Wednesday approved the resumption of supplies to NATO troops through Pakistan after a suspension of more than seven months, DPA reported.

The shipments were discontinued in November after 24 Pakistani soldiers were killed by a NATO airstrike in the north-western tribal region along the Afghan border.

"The cabinet endorsed the decision of DCC [Defence Committee of the Cabinet] to reopen NATO supply routes and also appreciated the deliberations of the participants of the DCC," a government statement said.

The cabinet convened after senior political and military leaders agreed Tuesday to end the ban on supplies to international troops in landlocked Afghanistan.

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