4 NATO tankers set ablaze

Large-scale attacks on NATO oil tankers have taken place recently in Pakistan. PHOTO: AFP

BALOCHISTAN: Four NATO oil tankers caught fire, after unidentified gunmen attacked the vehicles in the Mach area of Balochistan.

According to Levis officials, the attackers fired bullets at the NATO oil containers, late Thursday night. The vehicles’ inflammable material caught fire, gutting the vehicle. No casualties were reported as the drivers and conductors were in their hotel rooms at the time.

Meanwhile, another NATO tanker was set ablaze by a gunman in the district of Khuzdar.

The tankers were carrying fuel to Afghanistan for NATO forces when they were fired upon by the militants.