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| Eight Nato containers, oil tankers gutted |
| 2013-09-15 |
| [Dawn] At least eight containers and oil tankers carrying supplies for US-led NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... forces in Afghanistan were set ablaze when gunnies fired rockets on the convoy in Surab area of Kalat district, about 200 kilometres south of here, on Friday. The convoy of containers and oil tankers carrying goods and fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan was going to the border town of Chaman from Bloody Karachi ...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous... when it came under attack in Surab area of Kalat where the drivers had parked their vehicles at a roadside restaurant on the National Highway. A senior police official said that the assailants fired rockets on the convoy and the containers and tankers caught fire and were gutted. "It was a pre-dawn attack carried out by around a dozen gunnies in Hajika ara of Surab," said Yousuf Reiki. He said that one driver was killed in the attack. He was identified as Samiullah, but other drivers and helpers were unhurt. The attackers managed to escape. |
| Posted by:Fred |