9 NATO supply tankers, trucks torched in Pakistan
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
slamabad, Aug 16, IRNA -- Nearly nine tankers, carrying oil for NATO troops in Afghanistan, were attacked in bomb blast and firing in Pakistan on Monday, officials said.
Five tankers were burnt in Khyber tribal region near the Afghan border at a terminal, when as explosion occurred in one of the oil tankers on the Pak-Afghan highway. Four other tankers caught fire, witnesses said.
Fire fighters reached the site, evacuated the area and shifted other vehicles to a secure location to prevent further damage.
The blast occurred when the drivers were breaking fast at a local hotel nearby. There were no casualties or injuries reported.
Earlier more than a dozen NATO tankers had caught fire following a blast in a container terminal in Peshawar on Saturday.
Also gunmen opened fire on NATO tankers in Punjab province late Monday night, police said.
Gunmen opened fire on the tanker at Muzzafar Garh as they were passing through a square, they said. No one was hurt.
No group claimed responsibility for the attacks but Taliban suspects routinely claim responsibility for such attacks.
Some 70 percent supplies for around 150,000 US-led NATO troops are transported through Pakistan, the shortest supply route.
The United States has struck deal with Russia and few Central Asian states for alternate supply routes.
Islamic Republic News Agency/IRNA NewsCode: 30521718
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