The incident took place in the town of Hub in restive Baluchistan province, some 45 kilometres (30 miles) from the port city of Karachi where the tankers were loaded with oil before setting off for Afghanistan.
"First a blast took place and then more than nine NATO oil tankers caught fire. We are investigating the cause of the blast," Ahmad Nawaz Cheema, a senior police official in the area, told AFP.
No one was killed or wounded in the incident which took place as the drivers were eating at a roadside hotel after parking the tankers, he added.
Overland oil shipments to NATO troops in landlocked Afghanistan resumed through Pakistan less than two weeks ago under tighter security after a five-month suspension due to attacks.
As you know Baluchistan has been on my radar for quite some time.
ReplyDeleteI posted this a few days ago.
http://www.ibtimes.com/balochistan-pakistans-dirty-war-its-poorest-most-lawless-resource-rich-province-1405620
Baluchistan is another fuse in place that the powers that be are keeping in reserve.
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