Pakistani official complicates NATO’s Afghan war plans --- ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — For years, American officials have tried to persuade Pakistan’s military chiefs and prime ministers to cooperate with U.S.-led war plans in neighboring Afghanistan. - But now it is a politician in a far-flung province who is standing in the way. -- Angered by U.S. drone strikes, Imran Khan has effectively halted NATO convoys through northwest Pakistan, a vital crossing point for trucks carrying supplies to and from landlocked Afghanistan. -- Khan, an Oxford-educated millionaire and former cricket star, has no real power in the national government. But his party controls the local government in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, which NATO convoys must pass through to reach the northern border crossing. - More, Washingtonpost, at: http://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/imran-khan-a-pakistani-provincial-leader-complicates-nato-plans-for-afghanistan/2014/01/04/fef921a4-68da-11e3-8b5b-a77187b716a3_story.html