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Afghan militants torch 21 NATO tankers
Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:7AM GMT
PressTV - Afghan militants torch 21 NATO tankers
Taliban militants have attacked and set fire to 21 NATO supply vehicles transporting fuel for the US-led forces in Afghanistan's western province of Farah, Press TV reports.
A group of armed men opened fire on the tankers in Gulistan district of Farah province later on Friday.
Seven security guards escorting the convoy were injured in the incident.
The assailants later fled the scene and their whereabouts are unknown.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the assault on the oil tankers. He claimed that seven security guards were killed in the attack.
The US military and NATO rely heavily on the Pakistani supply route into landlocked Afghanistan.
Militants have stepped up attacks on NATO supply convoys in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan over the past months. During this period large numbers of NATO trucks have been torched in Pakistan alone.
The security situation has been deteriorating across Afghanistan over the past few years.
Violence has also spread from Afghanistan's volatile south to relatively peaceful areas over the course of the past year despite the presence of some 150,000 foreign troops.
MP/GHN
Sat Sep 17, 2011 10:7AM GMT
PressTV - Afghan militants torch 21 NATO tankers
Taliban militants have attacked and set fire to 21 NATO supply vehicles transporting fuel for the US-led forces in Afghanistan's western province of Farah, Press TV reports.
A group of armed men opened fire on the tankers in Gulistan district of Farah province later on Friday.
Seven security guards escorting the convoy were injured in the incident.
The assailants later fled the scene and their whereabouts are unknown.
Taliban spokesman Qari Yousuf Ahmadi claimed responsibility for the assault on the oil tankers. He claimed that seven security guards were killed in the attack.
The US military and NATO rely heavily on the Pakistani supply route into landlocked Afghanistan.
Militants have stepped up attacks on NATO supply convoys in Afghanistan and neighboring Pakistan over the past months. During this period large numbers of NATO trucks have been torched in Pakistan alone.
The security situation has been deteriorating across Afghanistan over the past few years.
Violence has also spread from Afghanistan's volatile south to relatively peaceful areas over the course of the past year despite the presence of some 150,000 foreign troops.
MP/GHN