Gunmen kill NATO truck driver in Balochistan

The attackers, on motorbikes, opened fire on the trucks killing one driver and then torched the trucks.


Afp November 18, 2013
Policemen stand guard beside a truck carrying a Nato forces vehicle after an attack by gunmen. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

QUETTA: Gunmen in Balochistan on Monday killed the driver of a truck carrying NATO equipment out of Afghanistan before setting the vehicle on fire, police said.

The attack took place in Naseerabad district, around 400 kilometres (250 miles) southeast of provincial capital Quetta.

Hafiz Hidayatullah, a police official in the area, said four gunmen on motorbikes opened fire at two trucks, killing the driver of one vehicle.

"The attackers then sprinkled petrol on (that) truck and set it on fire," Hidayatullah told AFP.

"The dead body of the driver had already been taken out by his helper," he said.

Another senior police official, Farooq Ahmad, confirmed the incident and told AFP that the attackers fled the scene.

The NATO combat mission is due to end next year and most of the hardware will be flown out of land-locked Afghanistan or taken by road to ports in Karachi, despite complications with the route.

There was no claim of responsibility but the Taliban have in the past said they carry out such attacks to disrupt supplies for US-led NATO troops fighting in Afghanistan.

COMMENTS (2)

US CENTCOM | 10 years ago | Reply

Have we ever wondered what killings like these do to the families of the victims? I wonder if the enemy ever thinks for a moment that the person they are killing may be a father, a son, a brother or a husband? In majority of instance; he is the only member of an extended family trying to earn an honest living and provide for his family. Our hearts go out to the family of the driver killed. We stand by you in these trying times, and we are sure that soon the enemies will have to give up their evil intents or get eliminated.

Abdul Quddus DET- United States Central Command

Owais Mukhtar | 10 years ago | Reply

Stop Nato Supply

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