Pakistan Supply Route Stays Shut as U.S. Works to Ease Tensions
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Pakistan kept a major conduit for Afghan war supplies closed as the U.S. worked to ease tensions with its ally by issuing public apologies for a Sept. 30 air strike that killed two Pakistani soldiers.
Admiral Michael Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, was the latest Obama administration figure to express regret for the helicopter attack. Mullen’s letter this week to the Pakistani Army chief of staff, General Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, followed apologies from U.S. Ambassador Ann Patterson and the Afghanistan war commander, Army General David Petraeus.