QUETTA – Gunmen in the Balochistan’s town Mithri attacked five oil tankers carrying supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan, officials said Monday.
“Unknown gunmen fired at five NATO oil tankers. Two of them caught fire while oil leaked from three others,” district administration chief Muhammad Azam said.
“There were no injuries to drivers,” he said. Local intelligence officials confirmed the attack. NATO trucks and oil tankers are regularly the targets of arson attacks blamed on insurgents attempting to disrupt two key supply lines that cross western Pakistan bound for foreign troops fighting in neighbouring Afghanistan.
