By KHURRAM SHAHZAD
ISLAMABAD — Pakistani lawmakers demanded an American apology and taxes on NATO convoys in recommendations put to parliament March 20 in a key step towards repairing a major crisis in relations with the U.S.
Parliament will debate the recommendations next week in a probable precursor to reopening NATO supply lines into Afghanistan suspended for nearly four months and to putting the Pakistani-U.S. alliance on a more pragmatic footing.
Islamabad closed its Afghan border to NATO after U.S. airstrikes killed 24 soldiers in November, plunging relations with Washington to an all-time low after Pakistan was humiliated by a U.S. raid that killed Osama bin Laden in May.
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