Pak militants destroy key NATO supply bridge
Sat, 28 Mar 2009 01:16:15 GMT
Militants blow up a key bridge on a Pak-Afghan highway in the Khyber Agency in Pakistan suspending a NATO supply line to Afghanistan.
The incident happened Friday evening hours after US President Barack Obama announced his new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan to defeat Taliban and al-Qaeda.
Local officials told Press TV that militants detonated the key bridge with explosives in the Landi Kotal area of Khyber Agency.
Earlier, in the same area, a suicide bomber blew himself up in a mosque during Friday prayers, killing dozens of worshipers.
In another incident, at least one militant was killed in a clash between Taliban militants and security forces in Swat valley in northwest Pakistan.
The clash, which lasted for an hour, was the first after Taliban militants and Pakistan's government signed a peace deal last month in the Swat valley.
FTP/MMA