Pakistani lawmakers have asked the government to consider ending a NATO transit route for forces in Afghanistan. The parliament passed the resolution after a closed-door session with top generals who briefed lawmakers on the May 2 operation in Abbottabad.
The resolution is likely to have the backing of Pakistan’s military after it was criticized for failing to detect either Osama bin Laden or the US commando force that killed him as he hid 48 kilometers from Islamabad. The US unilateral action in Abbottabad and continued drone attacks were “unacceptable” and must be stopped forthwith, the lawmakers said in a statement on Saturday.
In September, Pakistan had blocked the passage of supplies for the NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan, after an air strike killed three Pakistani soldiers. Half of all war supplies to Afghanistan pass through Pakistan, according to the US military’s Transportation Command, at a rate of 580 truckloads a day.
