Pakistan: Trucks torched at NATO supply terminal
Friday, May 15, 2009
By RIAZ KHAN – 22 hours ago
PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected Taliban stormed a depot handling supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday and torched eight trucks, as Pakistani troops and warplanes battled militants in a swath of the northwest.
Dozens of attackers poured into the transport terminal near the northwest city of Peshawar and set the trucks ablaze before fleeing, police official Ghafoor Khan Afridi said.
Firefighters quickly doused the flames, and metal shipping containers holding NATO supplies were unscathed, he said.
Attacks on terminals and trucks rolling through the Khyber Pass toward Afghanistan have intensified since last year, adding to concern that more and more regions along the Afghan border are slipping from government control.
NATO and U.S. commanders insist that their losses have been minimal and pose no threat to their expanding military operation in Afghanistan. Still, they have begun seeking alternative routes through Central Asia
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PESHAWAR, Pakistan (AP) — Suspected Taliban stormed a depot handling supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Wednesday and torched eight trucks, as Pakistani troops and warplanes battled militants in a swath of the northwest.
Dozens of attackers poured into the transport terminal near the northwest city of Peshawar and set the trucks ablaze before fleeing, police official Ghafoor Khan Afridi said.
Firefighters quickly doused the flames, and metal shipping containers holding NATO supplies were unscathed, he said.
Attacks on terminals and trucks rolling through the Khyber Pass toward Afghanistan have intensified since last year, adding to concern that more and more regions along the Afghan border are slipping from government control.
NATO and U.S. commanders insist that their losses have been minimal and pose no threat to their expanding military operation in Afghanistan. Still, they have begun seeking alternative routes through Central Asia
Read more
Labels: NATO, Pakistan, Peshawar, Taliban, Terrorism
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