At least seven tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan were gutted when a bomb planted in one of the vehicles exploded at a terminal in the Kyber region in Pakistan.
"A bomb fitted with a timer blew up an oil tanker. It triggered fire that engulfed six more tankers," the Dawn quoted local administration official Shahar Yar Khan, as telling AFP. There were no reports of any casualties, he added.
Another official in the area said over 30 fuel tankers were parked at a terminal on the Torkham border in Khyber region.
Though most of them had been shifted, the fire emanating from the blast threatened 10 tankers still parked in the area, he said.
No group has claimed responsibility for the blast but the Taliban has in the past said it carried out such attacks to disrupt supplies for more than 130,000 US-led international troops fighting in Afghanistan.
NATO trucks and oil tankers are regularly targeted with arson attacks blamed on insurgents attempting to disrupt the two key supply lines, which cross western Pakistan bound for foreign troops fighting in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Most supplies and equipment required by the soldiers in Afghanistan are shipped through Pakistan, although US troops increasingly use alternative routes through Central Asia. ANI
