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Two NATO tankers torched in Pakistan

28 June 2011 20:45 (UTC +04:00)

Baku-APA. Militants have attacked and torched two NATO oil tankers in separate incidents in Baluchistan province in southwestern Pakistan, APA reports quoting Press TV.

Unknown gunmen charged and set fire to one tanker carrying supplies from the Pakistani city of Karachi for the US-led forces in neighboring Afghanistan, a Press TV correspondent reported.

One of the people in the vehicle was wounded in the attack.

Meanwhile, unidentified attackers, who were riding bikes, intercepted and set ablaze another tanker in Baluchistan.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attacks.

The Taliban militants have in recent months destroyed scores of containers with supplies bound for US-led forces in Afghanistan.

Despite the frequent attacks on the NATO supply convoys, the US military has not stopped its unauthorized drone attacks on Pakistan’s territory.