NATO official: Russia now an adversary

[jakeXT]

15. Still using your enemy's supply lines, isn't that a bit risky ?

NATO would continue using a key overland supply route through Russia for its forces in Afghanistan known as the Northern Distribution Network, which carried about 40 percent of all alliance supplies to Afghanistan in 2013. The rail route, leading from northern Afghanistan to Poland and the Baltic nations, is considered crucial because it is safer than the ambush-prone alternative route through Pakistan.

The diplomat said cooperation in equipping and training the Afghan air force in the use of Russian helicopters also would continue, as would joint efforts to fight the Afghan drugs trade.

"These are issues that are vital to both sides, so it's natural to continue working together," the official said.

In Washington, a Defense Department official said there had been no problems with Russia when it came to moving freight through the northern route since the outbreak of the Ukraine crisis.

http://www.military.com/daily-news/2014/04/02/nato-to-keep-working-with-russia-in-afghanistan.html