Deathtrap for U.S. Forces.

God of War. *****************************************************************************

This vulnerable Khyber Pass must be traversed and held through enemy territory if the U.S.- led forces want to continue to occupy Afghanistan. It is America's Waterloo. Like Buonaparte and Hitler each trying to take Moscow, against all military wisdom, America is undertaking this most stupid and desperate action........... No country has ever beaten Afghanistan or occupied even part of it for very long. Military strategists should be appalled, but the American war- machine grinds on. Meanwhile in America the cost of the wars are crippling the U.S. economy and also affecting all other economies.(Ric)

Afgha-Pak border at Khyber Pass

Location (address): Afghanistan, Road connecting Jalalabad and Peshawar through Kotal

Longitude: 71° 5' 20" Latitude: 34° 7' 36" The Khyber Pass is a 53-kilometer (33-miles) passage through the Hindu Kush mountain range. It connects the northern frontier of Pakistan with Afghanistan. At its narrowest point, the pass is only 3 meters wide. On the north side of the Khyber Pass rise the towering, snow-covered mountains of the Hindu Kush. [afghan-network.net]

Pakistan launches Khyber Pass offensive to support US-led forces

Helicopter gunships strike along border in effort to secure supply lines for western troops, officials say

• Mark Tran and agencies
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Pakistan army tanks arrive at Jamrud, a town in the Khyber tribal area Photograph: Ameer Zada/AP

Pakistani helicopter gunships today launched attacks along the Khyber Pass as part of a new offensive to secure vital supply lines for western troops fighting Taliban insurgents in Afghanistan.

Authorities suspended the shipment of supplies to the Afghan border yesterday in preparation for the campaign to clear out insurgents who have destroyed hundreds of supply trucks in recent months.

"Two helicopter gunships pounded militant hideouts while troops moved with tanks to secure the area," said Jehangir Khan Afridi, an administration official in the Khyber region.

The US military praised the campaign and said the temporary closure of the road was not a problem.

Over 65,000 western troops in landlocked Afghanistan rely on the winding, mountainous road for delivery of up to 75% of their fuel, food and other goods, which arrive via the port city of Karachi in Pakistan.