QUETTA - Unidentified gunmen ambushed two vehicles carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan and damaged two oil tankers in Kuchlak area, some 20 kilometres away from Quetta on Friday.
According to local police, the incident took place near Kuchlak area when some six unknown armed men intercepted NATO tankers which were en route to Afghanistan from Karachi.
The attackers opened fire on one of the tankers smashing its windscreen and torched another that caught fire and was badly damaged destroying thousands of litre fuel. However, no loss of life was reported in the attack. The attackers escaped from the site after committing crime. On getting information, police rushed to the site and cordoned off the area. No group has claimed responsibility for the attack so far.
AFP adds: An official in the paramilitary Frontier Corps also confirmed the incident and said there were no reports of deaths.
It was the second such incident this week in Balochistan, after a NATO tanker driver and his helper were killed by gunmen on Wednesday night.
NATO and US-led forces in landlocked Afghanistan are hugely dependent on Pakistan for supplies, with about 80 percent passing through Pakistan.
The bulk of equipment required by foreign troops is shipped through northwest Pakistan’s tribal region of Khyber, where Taliban have carried out a series of attacks on trucks.
Other supplies travel through oil and gas-rich Balochistan, which is troubled by both Taliban violence and attacks by separatists who rose up in 2004 demanding autonomy.
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