Some drivers are not convinced, though, that the route for the 10-day road trip is safe enough.
Driver Kabeer Ahmed, said he thinks security concerns are delaying the trucks’ movements.
“People are saying that loading has not started yet because of the Taliban and protests,” said Ahmed.
Crucial supplies, roads for NATO forces
Pakistan’s supply routes are seen as vitally important to NATO forces in Afghanistan. In Pakistan, they remain politically controversial - but not for drivers like Masood Afridi, who has made the trip to Afghanistan about 12 times.
“It’s dangerous but we have to do it, because there is no work in Pakistan. There is no money here. If the NATO supply roads are closed, there is no work, there is no money, diesel prices are going up. If they open the NATO supply, all our problems will be solved,” said Afridi.
For now, the drivers are getting their vehicles ready to go back on the road.
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