[elpadre]

an apology means a payoff - how much this time??

[Jyotishi]

> an apology means a payoff - how much this time??

From the article:

While lifting the blockade, Pakistan has also agreed to
drop its demand for a 20-fold increase in transit fee to
$5,000 for each truck carrying NATO supplies through its
territory to Afghanistan. Instead, it will continue to
collect $250 per truck.

The Obama Administration, in turn, will ask US Congress
to reimburse Pakistan about $1.2 billion for costs
incurred by 150,000 Pakistani troops carrying out
counter-insurgency operations along the border with
Afghanistan.

[Venturer]

1.2 Billion dollars is the downpayment, with more to follow.

[ravager]

An apology without the dough is an empty apology and even Pakistan will not stand up for that.