PAKISTAN: Militants in Pakistan fire a rocket-propelled grenade at trucks loaded with fuel and supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan

Record ID: 353599

  • Title: PAKISTAN: Militants in Pakistan fire a rocket-propelled grenade at trucks loaded with fuel and supplies for NATO troops in Afghanistan
  • Date: 10th December 2011
  • Summary: QUETTA, PAKISTAN (DECEMBER 8, 2011) (ORIGINALLY 4:3) (REUTERS) (NIGHT SHOTS) TRUCKS ON FIRE FIRE FIRE RAGING OUT FROM OIL TANKER VARIOUS OF TANKERS ON FIRE QUETTA , PAKISTAN (DECEMBER 9, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF BURNT-OUT TANKERS SMOKE RISING FROM TYRE OF TANKER PEOPLE WALKING PAST BURNT TANKERS BURNT OUT TANKER SMOKE RISING FROM ROOF OF TANKER SPLIT OPEN BY I
  • Embargoed: 25th December 2011 12:00
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  • Location: Pakistan, Pakistan
  • Country: Pakistan
  • Topics: Crime / Law Enforcement,Conflict
  • Reuters ID: LVA677Y6ITPIHDKIG4FR5AJODTGI
  • Story Text: Militants in Pakistan launched a rocket-propelled grenade at trucks loaded with fuel and other supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan late on Thursday (December 8) sending some 29 vehicles up in flames.
    The vehicles had been parked near Quetta since Pakistan stopped supplies to NATO forces in retaliation to an attack that killed 24 soldiers in a military outpost.
    On Friday (December 9) morning, smoke still rose from more than two dozen burnt-out shells of the oil tankers Thousands of trucks loaded with supplies are now parked in various locations across Pakistan.
    Idle drivers of trucks carrying fuel and other supplies to the neighbouring country fear being attacked by Pakistani Taliban militants who oppose cooperation with NATO.
  • Copyright Holder: REUTERS
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