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Border blast sets Nato fuel trucks afire
[Dawn] An explosion set several Nato fuel tankers on fire at a backed-up Afghan border crossing, said police.Police officer Abdul Rauf says he heard the blast Sunday night near the Chaman border crossing in Balochistan province and saw three oil tankers, two container trucks and two dump trucks on fire. The Chaman border is one of two main crossing points for supplies for American and Nato troops fighting the Taliban in Afghanistan. The foreign troops get about 75 percent of their supplies through Pakistan. The crossing has been closed for two days amid a dispute between Afghan and Pakistani customs officers that police said earlier had left more than 1,000 trucks backed up along the road to the border. Posted by: Fred 2009-08-31 |
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