More than a hundred oil tankers and containers meant for supply to NATO forces in Afghanistan were sent back to Peshawar from Torkham border area in Khyber Agency on Monday.
Halted at Torkham in the wake of a NATO-led attack on a security check post of Pakistan armed forces in Mohmand Agency, sources informed Pakistan Today that more than a hundred stopped oil tankers and containers were sent back to Peshawar and disallowed to move into Afghanistan.
Official sources said the political administration had been directed by high ups to vacate the Torkham area from NATO supply trucks which were parked in Torkham and adjacent areas.
The returning NATO oil tankers and containers passed through the Michini check post under high security.
