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Attack destroys 10 oil tankers at Torkham
Unidentified miscreants in rocket attacks destroyed about ten oil tankers parked at the Torkham border on Monday which were about to leave for Afghanistan to supply oil to US-led coalition forces. According to political authorities, some unknown miscreants fired two rockets from the nearby mountains on oil tankers that hit two of them which also enflamed other eight tankers parked nearby. Locals said that the missiles were fired from a small mountain through remote control and they were launched from a 30-metere distance. It is reported that the political authorities had recovered three rocket launchers from the adjacent mountain. The missile attack took place at 4:30 am in the morning in which no causality was reported. The administration has claimed that it collected three missiles from the scene, which was unfired. No group claimed responsibility for the attack but Taliban in the past had claimed carrying out similar attacks. Taliban have repeatedly warned Pakistan drivers not to carry goods and oil for the US-led forces in Afghanistan to avoid their attacks. It is to be noted here that bomb blasts targeting oil tankers in Landi Kotal have become a routine business, but the administration is not serious to take any security measures nor did it arrest any body on suspicion in the past. Posted by: Pappy 2007-05-22 |
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