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NATO oil tankers destroyed in Pakistan
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Posted on 03/23/2008 12:27:18 PM PDT by maquiladora
Dozens of tankers carrying oil for NATO forces have been destroyed in a bomb blast targeting a Pakistani border crossing where they awaited clearance to enter Afghanistan, officials say.
“The explosion took place this evening when the oil tankers were parked in the parking lot of Torkham border in the tribal town of Landi Kotal. More than 60 tankers caught fire and 35 of these were completely destroyed,” government official Bismillah Khan told Deutsche Presse-Agentur.
At least two people were killed and more than 50 injured in the attack, and the government officials deployed at the border crossing vacated the compound, he added.
The Afghan National Army dispatched two fire brigade vehicles as the fire spread to more vehicles.
Many of the tankers carrying oil for NATO in Afghanistan come through the Khyber pass in a tribal area adjoining Peshawer, the capital of North-West Frontier Province (NWFP).
They have been increasingly targeted by Taliban insurgents operating along the border area in recent months.