Militants in Pakistan torch NATO, US military vehicles

Sunday, December 7, 2008 

Peshawar District (highlighted in yellow) is in Pakistan's North-West Frontier Province
Image: Pahari Sahib.

Pakistani officials have reported that vehicles supplying NATO forces in Afghanistan have been set on fire by suspected militants. The attack occurred in the northwestern city of Peshawar which lies on Pakistan's North-Western frontier at 0230 local time.

Sources claim that more than 250 gunmen using rockets, grenades and AK-47s overpowered the guards setting the Humvees on fire. The Pakistani officials claim that 96 trucks, 70 Humvees and 6 containers were destroyed.

In November this year, 12 lorries carrying Humvees were captured by the militants in the famous Khyber Pass. The convoy was also carrying food and aid to the NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Sources

• "Militants torch Afghan supplies" — BBC News, 07 December,2008
• "Pakistani Militants Torch Western Forces Supply Trucks" — VOA News, 07 December,2008
• Riaz Khan. "More than 160 US, NATO vehicles burned in Pakistan" — Associated Press, 07 December,2008

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