Islamabad, April 25: Militants have killed at least four police officers in a gun battle following an attack on a NATO fuel cargo in eastern Pakistan which left a dozen tankers ablaze.
Unknown gunmen attacked oil tankers bound for a US base in neighboring Afghanistan near Kawal Village on Talagang-Mianwali road in eastern Punjab Province, local police officials told a Press TV correspondent late on Saturday.
The militants targeted 12 tankers parked at a petrol pump, drawing a large police contingent, who cordoned off the area.
Four police officers were killed and two others were injured in an exchange of fire that ensued.
So far no group has claimed responsibility for the attack.
Pakistan is the main supply route for the US and NATO forces in Afghanistan who receive up to 80 percent of their supplies via routes that pass through Khyber region in the northwestern Pakistan and the southwestern Chaman border crossing in Balochistan.
——-Agencies