Three Nato oil tankers torched near Wadh area

31 Jan, 2011

Unidentified armed men on Sunday attacked three oil tankers carrying fuel for Nato forces in Afghanistan near Wadh area of Khuzdar district and set them on fire. Local police official Juma Khan told media persons that the affected oil tankers were plying from Karachi to Afghanistan.
He said assailants opened fire at the tankers, torched them and later fled from the scene. He maintained that another oil tanker carrying fuel for allied forces in Afghanistan fell in the roadside ditch after the driver lost his control on the steering. The police have registered a case against unknown accused and started investigation into the incident.

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