19 NATO tankers torched in Pakistan
File photo showing a NATO convoy set ablaze in Pakistan
Militants in Pakistan have torched at least 19 NATO oil tankers carrying fuel for US-led foreign troops in Afghanistan.
Officials and local sources told Press TV that a bomb exploded in a tanker which also engulfed several other oil tankers around it in Landi Kotal area of Khyber Agency.
“The number of burnt NATO oil tankers raised to 19, as fourteen other oil tankers were caught fire on Saturday,” official sources said.
Fourteen other NATO oil tankers standing round the five flaming tankers caught fire and were completely destroyed.
The fire also destroyed dozens of shops in the area. However, no casualties have been reported.
Separately, militants destroyed two tankers on the Jalalabad-Kabul highway in Laghman province of Afghanistan on Saturday.
NATO supply trucks have been the target of frequent attacks in Pakistan in recent months.
Pro-Taliban militants claim responsibility for such attacks, arguing that the assaults are in retaliation for non-UN-sanctioned US airstrikes on Pakistan's tribal regions.
Washington claims the strikes target militants, but figures show the attacks have led to the death of hundreds of civilians.
Despite the frequent attacks on NATO supply convoys, the US military has not stopped its unauthorized drone attacks on Pakistan's territory.
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