Gunmen on motorbikes attacked two tankers carrying oil for NATO forces in Afghanistan on Wednesday, setting the vehicles ablaze in Pakistan.
NATO supply trucks and oil tankers are targets of frequent attacks in Pakistan blamed on insurgents attempting to disrupt supplies for the 140,000 US-led international troops fighting the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.
It is widely known that these attacks are mostly orchestrated by the pakistan Army, each time they wish to seek additional financial or material assistance from its International donors, a large number of whom are members of NATO. Intensity of the attacks & damage caused commensurate with the magnitude of their demands.
The attack took place near the town of Dadar in Bolan district, 90 kilometres (56 miles) southeast of Quetta, pakistan.
NATO supply trucks and oil tankers are targets of frequent attacks in Pakistan blamed on insurgents attempting to disrupt supplies for the 140,000 US-led international troops fighting the Taliban in neighboring Afghanistan.
It is widely known that these attacks are mostly orchestrated by the pakistan Army, each time they wish to seek additional financial or material assistance from its International donors, a large number of whom are members of NATO. Intensity of the attacks & damage caused commensurate with the magnitude of their demands.
The attack took place near the town of Dadar in Bolan district, 90 kilometres (56 miles) southeast of Quetta, pakistan.
