Taliban attack NATO supplies in Afghan east, destroy dozens of trucks
- 10 years ago
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STORY:
Four Taliban militants struck a NATO post in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Thursday, destroying dozens of trucks and sparking a gun battle with polices, Afghan officials said.
The attack took place in the parking compound of a NATO base near the Torkham crossing on the Pakistani border, near the Khyber Pass and a main supply route for NATO-led forces in land-locked Afghanistan.
Militants on both sides of the border have for years been attacking supplies bound for NATO-led forces in Afghanistan.
Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said one attacker blew himself up while police killed the other three.
He said 37 trucks containing fuel and other supplies were destroyed in explosions set off by the attackers.
One Afghan driver was injured, a witness told Reuters.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid confirmed that the militants, fighting to expel foreign forces and
STORY:
Four Taliban militants struck a NATO post in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Thursday, destroying dozens of trucks and sparking a gun battle with polices, Afghan officials said.
The attack took place in the parking compound of a NATO base near the Torkham crossing on the Pakistani border, near the Khyber Pass and a main supply route for NATO-led forces in land-locked Afghanistan.
Militants on both sides of the border have for years been attacking supplies bound for NATO-led forces in Afghanistan.
Ahmad Zia Abdulzai, a spokesman for the provincial governor, said one attacker blew himself up while police killed the other three.
He said 37 trucks containing fuel and other supplies were destroyed in explosions set off by the attackers.
One Afghan driver was injured, a witness told Reuters.
Taliban spokesman Zabiullah Mujahid confirmed that the militants, fighting to expel foreign forces and