US expects Pakistan to reopen border soon

US: A top US general said Tuesday he plans to visit Pakistan in 10 days for talks that he hopes will reopen the border to supply convoys for NATO troops in Afghanistan.

The vital routes have been closed to trucks ferrying supplies to coalition forces since November, when US air strikes killed 24 Pakistani troops in a friendly fire incident that enraged Islamabad.

General James Mattis, who oversees US forces in the Middle East and Afghanistan as the head of Central Command, said that NATO had managed to keep supplies flowing to troops in Afghanistan by using routes on its northern border as well as deliveries by air.

AFP