In Pakistan, gunmen have torched at least ten oil tankers carrying fuel for NATO vehicles in Afghanistan in the latest such attack in the country. A driver was also killed in the attack near the south-western city of Quetta. There have been several ambushes on tankers in the past week since one of the main border routes into Afghanistan was shut by the Pakistani authorities. The Torkham crossing was closed after three Pakistani soldiers were killed in a NATO helicopter strike in Pakistan. Islamabad has not yet said when the border post will be reopened. Police official Shah Nawaz Khan said today's attack happened in the parking area of a roadside hotel on the outskirts of Quetta.
News On AIR | October 6, 2010 11:02 AM
Gunmen torched ten oil tankers carrying fuel for NATO