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India-Pakistan
FC kill gunmen suspected of torching Nato tankers in Sibi
2013-11-05
[Dawn] Frontier Corps personnel on Monday rubbed out three men suspected of torching two NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization....
oil tankers and seriously wounding one of the drivers in Sibi district 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...
, a front man for the paramilitary forces said.

Khan Wasey, a front man for FC Balochistan said the forces conducted a search operation in Bakhtiarabad area of Sibi and killed three suspects following an exchange of fire. One of the suspects was enjugged
Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please!
in an injured condition and was shifted to some holy man's guesthouse an undisclosed location, he said.

"The suspects also shot up FC during the operation," Wasey added. He claimed the men had torched two tankers carrying fuel for US and NATO troops in the same area on Monday morning. "The dead are yet to be identified," he said.

The driver of the one of tankers was also injured as result of firing.

"The two oil tankers were going to Afghanistan from 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...
when four gunnies riding two cycle of violences intercepted them and torched them," a senior local administration official, Bahadur Bangalzai said.

The tankers were set ablaze in Bala Nari area, 125 kilometres southeast of Quetta, the quiet provincial capital.

The incident comes three days after a US drone strike killed Pak Taliban leader Hakimullah Mehsud, prompting demands from opposition parties to close NATO supply lines in protest.

Bangalzai added that one of the drivers sustained serious injuries and was later shifted to hospital where his condition is serious.

Another senior local administration official Wasim Ahmad confirmed the incident.

There was no claim of responsibility for the incident.

The Balochistan government has placed all law enforcers on high alert to avoid occurrence of any untoward incident in the aftermath of Mehsud's killing.

The NATO combat mission in Afghanistan is due to end next year. Pakistain and the United States have signed a deal allowing NATO supply convoys to travel into Afghanistan until the end of 2015.
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