Taliban torches 25 vehicles ferrying supplies to NATO

Heavily armed Taliban militants stormed a supply depot in Peshawar, torching 25 trucks meant to ferry vital supplies for US and NATO forces...

Heavily armed Taliban militants stormed a supply depot in Peshawar, torching 25 trucks meant to ferry vital supplies for US and NATO forces’ operations in Afghanistan today, raising question marks over whether Washington would be able to use the Khyber pass route.

This was the fifth such attack in 10 days in the North West Frontier Province capital on freight terminals, indicating that the Pakistan government agencies appear to be losing control of the area.

In these continuing attacks, the Taliban militants have destroyed 300 containers as well as large number of armed escort vehicles.

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The attacks are taking place despite paramilitary forces in vehicles fitted with guns and searchlights conducting regular patrols of the area and stationing of special anti-terrorist squads.

In the latest attacks, militants used petrol bombs to torch the trucks and oil containers in the pre-dawn raid and fled under the cover of darkness, police said.

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