Tankers Destroyed On Supply Route To Afghanistan
April 19 2010
Pakistan
Militants in Pakistan's Khyber tribal agency blew up two tankers Monday that were carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan, the Dawn (Pakistan) reports.
A bomb planted under one tanker exploded near the village of Takhtabeg, local officials said. A second tanker truck caught in the inferno was also destroyed.
The blaze spread to a nearby fuel pump and timber stores on the roadside, and a goods truck also caught fire, said the officials.
Six people were reported injured....
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