Militancy: Two NATO containers attacked

QUETTA: Unidentified armed persons torched two Nato containers in Mastung district on Monday. According to officials, one of the vehicles carrying fuel for Nato forces stationed in Afghanistan was enroute to Kandahar when unidentified armed men riding a motorcycle opened fire on the oil tanker in Dasht area of Mastung. As a result the driver was critically injured while assailants set the vehicle on fire. Meanwhile another Nato container was torched by unidentified persons in Lak Pass area of Mastung the same day. The vehicle was returning to Karachi after offloading military hardware in Afghanistan when it was intercepted it and set on fire. The cleaner and driver escaped unhurt in the attack.

Published in The Express Tribune, June 28^th, 2011.