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2 NATO supply trucks destroyed in NW Pakistan: news reports

Other News Materials 7 February 2009 20:10 (UTC +04:00)

Two trucks to carry luggage for NATO forces in Afghanistan were destroyed Saturday in northwestern Pakistan, the NNI news agency reported.

The private NNI news agency said that unidentified gunmen attacked a truck terminal at the Ring Road in Peshawar, the capital of the North West Frontier Province (NWFP).

Police officer Muhammad Afaq said that dozens of armed men attacked the Bilal terminal with rockets which caused the destruction of two trucks, Xinhua reported.

After the incident, police reached the spot and exchanged fire with the armed men, however there was no report of casualties.

No one has claimed responsibility for the attack.

However, spokesman of the defunct Tehreek Taliban Maulvi Umar has threatened that his organization would attack the supply convoys till the stoppage of NATO and USA actions.

During last two months, militants attacked truck terminals and destroyed more than 300 trucks which were carrying fuel, vehicles and other material for NATO forces.

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