Pakistan militants torch NATO supplies

[JI7]

Source: presstv

According to police, some 60 miscreants stormed the truck terminals early on Sunday. They first threw Molotov cocktails at vehicles parked there and later fired rockets at them. Eyewitnesses also said that the cocktails started off huge blazes at both points.

The Sunday incident marks the latest in a spate of Taliban strikes on trucks carrying supplies for foreign forces in neighboring Afghanistan.

This is while the bulk of supplies and equipment required by NATO and US-led forces battling Taliban insurgency in Afghanistan passes through conflict-plagued Khyber Agency in northwest Pakistan.

Northwest Pakistan has degenerated into a safe haven for al-Qaeda and Taliban militants who fled Afghanistan following the 2001 US-led invasion of the country. The insurgents have crossed border into Pakistan and regrouped to launch attacks on foreign troops across the border.


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[GinaMaria]

1. Ah Easter, the day we celebrate Life, renewal

rebirth, fertility and the life instinct. Nothing quite celebrates this like death destruction, and Molotov cocktails. Sorry for the holiday :sarcasm: