Saturday, May 14 – According to Pakistani official, at least five NATO oil tankers bound for Afghanistan caught fire on Friday after a bomb planted beneath one of them exploded. A local intelligence official confirmed the incident and said there were no casualties.
According to a local administration official Iqbal Khan Khattak, “A remote-controlled device planted under one of the tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan went off, triggering a fire that engulfed four more tankers.”
The tankers were parked in the Torkham area of the troubled Khyber tribal region near the Afghan border.
Khattak further added, there were a total of 21 tankers parked in the terminal, but other vehicles were safe after being move away from the blast site.
Taliban militants have carried out such attacks in the past, but no one has claimed responsibility for yesterday’s attacks.
