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NATO oil tanker blown up in NW Pakistan
1 Mar 2010 12:51
source : Afgfhan Voice Agency(AVA)
Suspected militants armed with guns and rockets on Monday blew up a tanker carrying fuel through Pakistan for NATO troops based in neighboring Afghanistan, police said.
According to a private TV channel, several armed men lobbed a rocket and then opened fire on the supply convoy on the outskirts of Pakistan's northwestern city of Peshawar, senior police officer Imtiaz Ahmed said.
"The attack triggered a huge fire and destroyed one tanker. Its driver escaped unhurt but his helper was wounded," he said.
In a subsequent exchange of fire lasting up to an hour, Pakistani security forces killed a militant, said police officer Karim Khan.
