Four killed during attacks on NATO supplies trucks in Pakistan
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, Dec 20, IRNA
Pakistan-Attack
Pakistani militants attacked trucks ferrying fuel and supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan, killing four people, including a woman, officials said Saturday.
Two other people were injured in attacks in Khyber agency, which connects Pakistan and Afghanistan, they said.
An oil tanker came under attack near the town of Landikotal Friday night when it was on way back after delivering fuel to Western forces in Afghanistan, they said.
Militants fired rockets on the tanker, killing three people in the vehicle and injuring another, an official said.
There was no escort with the vehicle as they are not protected on way back but are escorted when they are heading to Afghanistan.
In another attack, rockets were fired on a terminal of NATO trucks in Khyber agency and one rocket landed at a house, killing a woman and injuring a child.
Witnesses said three rockets were fired on the parking of NATO trucks.
Over 300 trucks of NATO supplies have been torched in attacks this month, police say.
Some 10,000 people marched in Peshawar, the capital of North West Frontier Province, on Thursday, calling for cutting supply line to NATO forces.
Banned Pakistani Taliban movement claimed responsibility for such attacks.
Some 75 percent of the supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan pass through Pakistan after being unloaded from ships at the Arabian Sea port of Karachi.
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