Arson attack: Two NATO containers set on fire

QUETTA: Two containers, carrying military hardware and goods for Isaf and Nato forces stationed in Afghanistan, were attacked by unidentified militants in the Dasht area, some 20 kilometres from Quetta, on Friday. 

The containers were heading from Karachi towards Chaman, a town adjacent to the Afghan border, when armed men riding in two motorcycles hurled a petrol bomb on them while they were parked at a petrol pump.

The assailants swiftly escaped the scene. The containers caught fire and were partly damaged; however, the goods remained safe. No casualty was reported in the attack. Balochistan Levies personnel and other law enforcement agencies rushed to the spot and cordoned off the area. They managed to bring the fire under control through private water tankers.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 8^th, 2012.