Border closure halts return of Canadian military gear
By Lee Berthiaume, Postmedia News November 30, 2011

OTTAWA — Hundreds of sea containers stuffed with military gear that were supposed to be returning to Canada are instead languishing at an undisclosed location in Afghanistan because of Pakistan's decision to close its border to NATO, a military spokesman said Wednesday.

Lt.-Cmdr. John Nethercott said the border closure isn't expected to affect the military's imminent withdrawal from Kandahar, though he acknowledged there could be complications if Pakistan doesn't reopen its borders soon.

"We're assessing the situation," he said. "At this point, there's no impact on our withdrawal of personnel and no immediate impact on our efforts to repatriate equipment back to Canada by land and sea."

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The containers being held in transit in Afghanistan are not at the Kandahar Airfield, he added, though he would not say where they are. It's likely they are close to the Afghan-Pakistan border.




unhappycamper comment: I will refrain from posting the helicopter-on-the-embassy-roof photo.