Rockets destroy seven oil tankers near Pakistan border

PAKISTAN: A rocket attack by suspected pro-Taliban militants in a Pakistani border town Monday gutted seven tankers carrying fuel for foreign troops in Afghanistan, officials said.

Militants fired several rockets as dozens of supply trucks and fuel tankers were waiting to cross the northwestern Torkham border, a local administration official said.

“The attack triggered a fire and at least seven tankers were destroyed and three others damaged,” the official said, requesting anonymity.

Police arrested an Afghan refugee and three local tribesmen, he added.

Peshawar, Tuesday, AFP.