Islamabad, May 11: Unidentified gunmen in southwestern Pakistan have destroyed two NATO tankers carrying fuel for US-led foreign troops in war-torn Afghanistan.
The assailants opened fire at two NATO oil tankers and then set them on fire in Balochistan province of Pakistan on Wednesday morning, a Press TV correspondent reported.
The NATO tankers were going to Karachi from Quetta when militants attacked and completely destroyed them near Ghanja Dori area of Mastung town.
Security forces have reached the area and started a search operation. No human loss was reported in the incident.
In another development, militants blew up five bridges in Bara Tehsil of Khyber Agency on the same day.
NATO supply trucks have been the frequent target of attack in Pakistan in recent months.
Pro-Taliban militants claim responsibility for such attacks, arguing that the assaults are in retaliation for non-UN-sanctioned US airstrikes on Pakistan’s tribal region.
Washington claims the strikes target militants, but figures show the attacks have led to the death of hundreds of Pakistani civilians since 2008.
Despite the frequent attacks on NATO supply convoys, the US military has not stopped its unauthorized drone attacks on Pakistan’s territory.
—–Agencies