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| Gunmen kill NATO truck driver |
| 2013-11-19 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Gunmen in Nasirabad killed the driver of a truck carrying 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... equipment out of Afghanistan before setting the vehicle on fire on Monday, police said. The attack took place around 400 kilometres southeast of Quetta. Hafiz Hidayatullah, a police official in the area, said four gunnies on cycle of violences shot up two trucks, killing the driver of one vehicle. "The attackers then sprinkled petrol on (that) truck and set it on fire," Hidayatullah told AFP. "The dead body of the driver had already been taken out by his helper," he said. Another senior police official, Farooq Ahmad, confirmed the incident and told AFP that the attackers expeditiously departed at a goodly pace. The NATO combat mission is due to end next year and most of the hardware will be flown out of land-locked Afghanistan or taken by road to Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... , despite complications with the route. |
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