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| Taleban sets dozens of fuel trucks on fire in Kabul |
| 2014-07-06 |
| Taleban militants set fire to dozens of fuel trucks, which they claimed were supplying foreign troops in Afghanistan, in an attack on the outskirts of Kabul, officials said on Saturday. The fire triggered by a bomb set ablaze tankers waiting to enter the city in a parking lot west of the Afghan capital overnight. "At around 10:30 pm last night, dozens of fuel tankers belonging to private companies caught fire," Hashmat Stanikzai, Kabul police spokesman told AFP. "No one can come close to them since the fire is still raging at the scene." No casualties were reported as fire fighters tried to control the fire in the morning, he added. Gul Aghan Hashimi the Crime Investigation Director of Kabul police said "it was a magnetic bomb that caused the fuel tankers to catch on fire," adding that the trucks belonged to private companies. However, it was unclear whether the trucks were supplying fuel to NATO. A NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces spokesman told AFP they were "looking into the incident to determine if any of the fuel destroyed in Chawk-e Arghandi last night was intended for use by ISAF forces." Taleban militants who have been regularly attacking western supply convoys in Afghanistan, claimed the responsibility. "Our brave |
| Posted by:Steve White |