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Nato containers torched near Dasht area
[Dawn] Gunmen on Sunday torched three trucks carrying supplies for NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A collection of multinational and multilingual and multicultural armed forces, all of differing capabilities, working toward a common goal by pulling in different directions... troops in Afghanistan in the southwestern Pak province of Balochistan  ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... , officials said. Gunmen on a cycle of violence fired at the vehicles and then set them on fire after pouring petrol on them in the Dasht suburb of the picturesque provincial capital Quetta, local police official Ismail Sumalani told AFP. There were no casualties in the attack, which happened when the trucks had stopped at a roadside tea stall, he said. No group has grabbed credit for the attack but the Taliban has in the past said they carried out similar attacks to disrupt supplies for more than 130,000 US-led international troops fighting in Afghanistan. Taliban and Al-Qaeda-linked hard boyz frequently launch attacks on NATO supply vehicles in the northwest and southwest regions of Pakistain, which border landlocked Afghanistan. Most supplies and equipment required by foreign forces in Afghanistan are shipped through Pakistain, although US troops increasingly use alternative routes through Central Asia. Posted by: Fred 2011-11-21 |
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