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Attackers Torch NATO Supply Convoy in Pakistan

   VOA News 09 June 2010
   Pakistani drivers examine burnt trucks torched by suspect militants in
   an attack in Sangjani, near Islamabad, Pakistan, 09 Jun 2010

Photo: AP

   Pakistani drivers examine burnt trucks torched by suspect militants in
   an attack in Sangjani, near Islamabad, Pakistan, 09 Jun 2010

   Gunmen  have  attacked  a  truck  stop  just  outside of the Pakistani
   capital, torching a convoy of tankers and trucks bound for NATO forces
   in Afghanistan.
   Pakistani  officials said 10 to 15 gunmen began shooting at the depot,
   just  10 kilometers from Islamabad, Tuesday before setting at least 30
   trucks  on  fire.  They  said  the  attackers then fled in cars and on
   motorcycles.
   Officials said at least seven people were killed, including some truck
   drivers.
   One  driver said he was sitting inside his truck when the attack began
   and  heard  the gunmen saying "Kill the drivers" and not to let anyone
   escape.
   This  is  not  the  first time militants have attacked trucks carrying
   supplies  for  U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, but it is rare for
   such attacks to take place so close to Islamabad.
   Earlier  Tuesday,  fierce  clashes on the Orakzai tribal agency killed
   six soldiers and 40 militants.
   Local  officials said the fighting broke out after militants stormed a
   checkpoint  in  the  northwest,  prompting a retaliatory strike by the
   army.
   At  least 10 militants and 15 security personnel were reported wounded
   in the violence.
   The  casualties  can  not  be  confirmed  because  the  remote area is
   off-limits to journalists and other independent observers.
   News  of  the  fighting comes just a week after the Pakistani military
   declared  it had successfully completed military operations in Orakzai
   tribal agency.
   In  North  Waziristan  Tuesday,  the Pakistani Taliban staged a public
   execution of a man accused of killing two brothers.
   Hundreds  of  people  gathered in the town of Miran Shah to watch as a
   relative of the slain brothers shot the man. Â
   The execution highlights the influence the Taliban still wields in the
   North Waziristan tribal region, which borders Afghanistan.

   Some information for this report was provided by AP, AFP and Reuters.

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