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NATO tankers attacked in Pakistan

Other News Materials 29 January 2011 00:08 (UTC +04:00)
Militants in southwest Pakistan have targeted a convoy of NATO tankers carrying supplies for US-led foreign troops in neighboring Afghanistan, Press TV reported.
NATO tankers attacked in Pakistan

Militants in southwest Pakistan have targeted a convoy of NATO tankers carrying supplies for US-led foreign troops in neighboring Afghanistan, Press TV reported.

Local police officials say the incident took place in Bolan area, some 20 kilometers from Quetta, the capital of southwestern Baluchistan Province.

Militants set fire to at least two vehicles and fled the scene of the attack.

Trucks carrying supplies for foreign forces in Afghanistan frequently come under attack in Pakistan. Militants have destroyed hundreds of NATO vehicles in northwestern and southwestern Pakistan over the past two years.

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