Photos: NATO supply line cut at Khyber, Peshawar Pakistan

Tue Feb 3, 10:03 AM ET

A truck lies on a bridge destroyed by alleged Islamic militants Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 in the Pakistani tribal area of Khyber near Peshawar. Islamist militants blew up the bridge in northwest Pakistan, cutting a major supply line for Western troops in Afghanistan, a government official and a NATO spokesman said. The attack was the latest in a series on the Khyber Pass by insurgents seeking to hamper the U.S.-led mission against the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

Tue Feb 3, 9:46 AM ET

Local residents carry their possessions after a bridge was destroyed by Islamic militants Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 in the Pakistani tribal area of Khyber near Peshawar. Islamist militants blew up a bridge in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, cutting a major supply line for Western troops in Afghanistan in the latest in a series of attacks on the Khyber Pass by insurgents seeking to hamper the U.S.-led mission against the Taliban. A NATO spokesman in Afghanistan confirmed that supplies along the route had been halted ‘for the time being,’ but stressed the alliance was in no danger of running out of food, equipment or fuel.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

 

Tue Feb 3, 9:47 AM ET

Local residents walk after a bridge was destroyed by Islamic militants Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 in the Pakistani tribal area of Khyber near Peshawar. Islamist militants blew up a bridge in northwestern Pakistan on Tuesday, cutting a major supply line for Western troops in Afghanistan in the latest in a series of attacks on the Khyber Pass by insurgents seeking to hamper the U.S.-led mission against the Taliban. A NATO spokesman in Afghanistan confirmed that supplies along the route had been halted ‘for the time being,’ but stressed the alliance was in no danger of running out of food, equipment or fuel.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)

 

Tue Feb 3, 9:50 AM ET

Local residents walk past a bridge destroyed by alleged Islamic militants Tuesday, Feb. 3, 2009 in the Pakistani tribal area of Khyber, near Peshawar. Islamic militants blew up the bridge in northwest Pakistan, cutting a major supply line for western troops in Afghanistan, a government official and a NATO spokesman said. The attack was the latest in a series on the Khyber Pass by insurgents seeking to hamper the US-led mission against the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.(AP Photo/Mohammad Sajjad)