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| NATO fuel trucks destroyed in Pakistan |
| 2011-12-08 |
| About 20 trucks have been destroyed in a rocket attack on a NATO trucking terminal in southwest Pakistan supplying troops in neighbouring Afghanistan. A number of oil tankers and goods trucks were parked in the temporary terminal in Quetta after Pakistan shut down supply lines for NATO forces in anger at a deadly cross-border air strike that killed 24 Pakistani soldiers. Senior police official Malik Arshad said on Thursday unknown gunmen fired bullets and a rocket at the NATO oil tankers and the ensuing blaze engulfed about 20 vehicles in Quetta, capital of the southwestern province of Baluchistan. "We do not know about any casualties yet because the blaze is so huge," Arshad said. "First the fire started in two oil tankers and the fuel started leaking, which spread the fire to other vehicles," Arshad said. "Fire brigade and emergency services were called in immediately after the attack," he said. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack but the Taliban have in the past said they carried out similar attacks to disrupt supplies for the more than 130,000 US-led international troops fighting in Afghanistan. |
| Posted by:tipper |
| #2 Dog bites man! |
| Posted by: Thing From Snowy Mountain 2011-12-08 14:54 |
| #1 Who says the Pak Army dont control the militants |
| Posted by: Paul 2011-12-08 14:52 |