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Taliban damage trailers carrying NATO supplies
Local Taliban on Friday broke windows and punctured the tyres of 22-wheeler trucks loaded with goods for NATO forces in Afghanistan, witnesses said. According to details, armed squads of the local Taliban stopped a convoy of trailers carrying goods for NATO forces at the Landikotal bypass and smashed their windows using guns and punctured their tyres with iron bars. The incident scared the truck drivers and some of them drove their vehicles toward the Torkham border while some took shelter in the nearby hujras (outhouse/compound) of the local tribesmen. The local administration has not taken action against the militants so far. Unknown militants had earlier distributed pamphlets warning transporters against taking any goods to NATO forces in Afghanistan. The transporters were threatened that they would be killed and their villages and vehicles set on fire if they ignored the warning. Posted by: Fred 2008-07-19 |
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