WASHINGTON (ONLINE) - The United States has praised excellent cooperation from Pakistan whose ground lines will provide a key overland route for removing war equipment from Afghanistan with 2014 drawdown.
Appearing for his confirmation hearing as Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Acquisition‚ Technology‚ and Logistics‚ Alan F Estevez updated the Senate Armed Services Committee of the progress towards accomplishing the return of equipment under agreement between the two countries. He said, “We have a number of proof of principles‚ as we call them‚ to move equipment through Pakistan.
They are ongoing right now and two of them have been successfully completed.” He said the proof of principles is to hone out the processes with the Pakistanis‚ with their customs enforcement‚ with their port agencies and with their trucking companies‚ to facilitate an increased volume of those movements.