Pakistan Prime Minister Warns U.S.

Yousuf Raza Gilani

Tensions among Pakistan, Afghanistan and the United States escalated when the Pakistan’s Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani warned that there would be “no more business as usual” with Washington after a NATO aircraft killed 24 Pakistani soldiers.

Pakistani military official insisted on November 28, 2011 that it had not fired first in the incident, adding that the NATO’s helicopter shoot upon friendly troops. Gilani stated that Pakistan was re-evaluating their relationship with USA.

Recently Pakistan turned back 300 trucks carrying NATO supplies and fuel into Afghanistan this Monday. Pakistan is a strategic land supply route into Afghanistan for the United States and its allies. (AV)