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India-Pakistan
Miscreants set ablaze 5 tankers in Balochistan, abduct four drivers
2015-03-24
[DAWN] Armed men set on fire five oil tankers in 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...
's Mastung district on Monday and also kidnapped four drivers before fleeing from the scene.

Levies sources told DawnNews that gunnies opened indiscriminate fire on five oil tankers in Kirdi Gap area of Mastung.

The sources added that the tankers were carrying fuel 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...
for the Saindak Project situated in Balochistan's Chaghi district when they were targeted in Kirdi Gap.

The tankers caught fire as the gunfire ignited the fuel payload, following which the snuffies picked up four drivers and fled to some holy man's guesthouse an undisclosed location in the mountainous region.

Fire fighters were dispatched from Mastung city to put off the fire.

Levies and Frontier Corps (FC) personnel reached the spot as a probe into the incident went underway.

A search operation was launched in the area to ensure the safe recovery of kidnapped drivers, Levies said.

There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, however, Levies suspect Baloch separatist snuffies could be behind the attack.

Oil tankers have regularly been targeted with arson attacks blamed on Death Eaters attempting to disrupt two key supply lines that cross western Pakistain
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