Pakistan - Pakistan will reopen crucial supply routes to Nato-led forces in Afghanistan after  the US apologised for killing 24 of its soldiers in November, Washington and Islamabad have said.

  The decision will save the US hundreds of millions of dollars as it prepares to withdraw from Afghanistan.

  Pakistan has said it hopes the move will improve relations with the US and other Nato countries.

  The Pakistani Taliban promptly threatened to attack the convoys.

   US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced the decision after a telephone conversation with her Pakistani counterpart, Hina Rabbani Khar.

   "I offered our sincere condolences to the families of the Pakistani soldiers who lost their  lives," she said in the statement.