2 NATO tankers set ablaze

The Daily Times, Pakistan, Tuesday, October 19, 2010

QUETTA:

 Two NATO tankers carrying oil for the international forces stationed in Afghanistan were set ablaze in two separate incidents in the Akhterabad area of Quetta and Mangochar, Kalat on Monday.

According to official sources, a NATO tanker was travelling from Karachi to Kandahar when unidentified armed men on a motorcycle set it on fire in Akhterabad in Western Bypass, early morning. The assailants managed to escape. Police reached the crime scene.

The NATO tanker was completely destroyed in the attack, official sources said. The other incident took place in Mangochar area of Kalat where some unidentified armed men on a motorbike opened fire at a NATO tanker, setting it ablaze. No casualty had been reported in the two attacks. A case has been registered and police were investigating the incident. staff report

Militants torch NATO trucks in Pakistan

Press TV, Tue Oct 19, 2010 1:59PM

Pakistani militants have torched tankers carrying supplies to the US-led foreign troops stationed in Afghanistan for the second time in less than 24 hours.

Police say the gunmen targeted two vehicles in Dasht Bado town in Pakistan's southwestern Baluchistan province on Tuesday.

The attack comes a day after three NATO supply trucks were set on fire in the same province.

Two men riding a motorbike set fire to the tankers after "forcing the drivers and their helpers to leave," Reuters quoted a police official as saying.

Dozens of NATO supply tankers and trucks have been set on fire in Pakistan this month.

Pro-Taliban militants usually claim responsibility for such attacks. They argue that the assaults are in retaliation for non-UN-sanctioned US drone strikes on Pakistan's tribal region.

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan militants have stepped up attacks on convoys carrying supplies for US-led forces.

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NATO trucks torched in SW Pakistan

Press TV, Mon Oct 18, 2010 10:58AM

Pro-Taliban militants in Pakistan have torched several trucks carrying fuel supplies for NATO forces stationed in neighboring Afghanistan.

The attack took place in Akhterabad near the southwestern city of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province on Monday.

Dozens of NATO supply tankers and trucks have been set on fire in Pakistan this month.

Pro-Taliban militants usually claim responsibility for such attacks. They argue that the assaults are in retaliation for non-UN-sanctioned US drone strikes inside Pakistan's tribal region.

More than 20 NATO supply tankers have been previously set on fire in the same region.

According to witnesses, the assailants fled the scene on motorbikes after the attack.

Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) militants have stepped up attacks on convoys carrying supplies for US-led forces.

Hundreds of NATO vehicles, including tankers and container trucks, are currently parked in various parts of northwestern Pakistan near the Afghan border.

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