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Insurgents Torch NATO Tankers Bound For Afghanistan

January 28 2011

Pakistan

Unidentified gunmen have set ablaze two NATO tanker trucks in the Bolan area near Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan in western Pakistan, the Associated Press of Pakistan reports.

The vehicles were en route to Afghanistan from Karachi on Friday when the attack took place, said security officials.

The militants reportedly torched and fired upon the tankers after removing the drivers and passengers.

The assailants then fled the scene, officials said.

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