Peshawar, Dec. 30 : Supplies to the NATO and the US forces in Afghanistan via the Khyber-pass have been suspended due to a major operation launched by the security forces in the region.

"Supplies to NATO forces have temporarily been suspended," The News quoted an official, as saying.

The military operation being jointly carried out by the forces, aims to flush out militants from the region.

Peshawar, Dec. 13 : Personnel of Pakistan's Frontier Constabulary have expressed reluctance to postings at terminals in Peshawar that contain trucks/lorries with supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan.

"FC didn't possess enough personnel that could enable it to post its men for the security of terminals," the Deputy Commandant of the Frontier Constabulary, Rahmat Khan was quoted by The News, as saying.

"The FC's main responsibility is to safeguard the borders of the tribal and administered areas, and with its existing strength, FC personnel cannot be posted for the security of the terminals," he added.

The FC is striving to help the police in this regard, The News said in a report.

Peshawar, Dec.8 :  The Pakistan and North West Frontier Province governments have ordered a probe into the attacks on three terminals of containers carrying goods for NATO forces.

Peshawar authorities were quoted by The News as saying that all three terminals have been sealed and a case has been registered in connection with the torching of Bilal Terminal.

Sources said that some unidentified miscreants last night hurled explosives on Bilal Terminal, which set the terminal afire, gutting scores of trucks and containers.

Islamabad  = Rebels in north-western Pakistan attacked a parking bay used by US and NATO contractors in Afghanistan, killing a guard and torching dozens of trucks, police said Sunday.

The attack took place in the early hours at Al-Faisal terminal on the outskirts of Peshawar city, where trucks carrying food and military supplies for Western troops are parked at night.

"A group of insurgents raided the terminal at around 3 am (2200 GMT) and fired rocket-propelled grenades and assault rifles at the trucks and container, setting more than
60 of them on fire," police officer Fazal Mohammad Khan said.

Some of the trucks were carrying armoured vehicles for the NATO forces.

Kabul - Three Canadian soldiers with the NATO-led security forces in Afghanistan and four Taliban militants were killed in the country's south, while Afghan authorities were investigating the deaths of eight prisoners in country's largest prison, officials said Saturday.

The soldiers, serving under the banner of UN-mandated International Security Assistance Force (ISAF), were killed in a roadside bomb blast in southern province of Kandahar on Friday, the Canadian Defence Ministry said in a statement.

Vilnius  - Defence ministers from the three small Baltic republics of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania met in Birstonas, Lithuania, Thursday to discuss plans to pool their armed forced and create a joint infantry battalion.

Jaak Aaviksoo of Estonia, Vinets Veldre of Latvia and Juozas Olekas of Lithuania met keeping with their schedule of twice-yearly joint meetings.