NATO Oil Tankers Destroyed on Pakistani-Afghan Border

ISLAMABAD -- Dozens of tankers carrying oil for NATO forces were destroyed Sunday evening in a bomb blast targeting a Pakistani border crossing where they awaited clearance to enter Afghanistan, officials said. 'The explosion took place this evening when the oil tankers were parked in the parking lot of Torkham border in the tribal town of Landi Kotal. More than 60 tankers caught fire and 35 of these were completely destroyed,' a government official Bismillah Khan said. Read more...

Posted by Editor at March 24, 2008 01:33 PM