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| NATO containers attacked in Jamrud |
| 2014-05-06 |
| [Pak Daily Times] Dozens of assailants attacked NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A single organization with differing goals, equipment, language, doctrine, and organization.... containers in the Wazir Dhand area of Jamrud in the tribal areas on Monday, killing two drivers, private TV channel quoted security officials as saying. Gunmen attacked three container trucks carrying NATO supplies en route to Afghanistan, killing two people, the officials said. Two other drivers were kidnapped by the attackers, the channel reported. It was reported that there were more than 20 assailants who fired at the NATO trucks and later set the containers on fire. "The three container trucks were on their way to Afghanistan when gunnies shot up them in Wazir Dhand area, killing two drivers and wounding two others," senior government official Ali Sher told AFP. He said two of the drivers were missing since the incident and it was not clear if they had escaped or if Death Eaters had kidnapped them. Another local official also confirmed the incident and said the attackers had fled. A doctor at the government-run hospital in Jamrud said two bodies and two injured were bought to the hospital. "One of the injured was at death's door and he has been shifted to Beautiful Downtown Peshawar ...capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (formerly known as the North-West Frontier Province), administrative and economic hub for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. Peshawar is situated near the eastern end of the Khyber Pass, convenient to the Pak-Afghan border. Peshawar has evolved into one of Pakistan's most ethnically and linguistically diverse cities, which means lots of gunfire. for further treatment" he said requesting not to be named. |
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