Attack on Pakistani oil tankers kills one in Afghanistan
Pakistan Times Monitoring Report

KANDAHAR (Afghanistan): A Pakistani driver was killed and three others wounded in a rocket attacks on Pakistani oil tankers near Kandahar Air Port on Sunday morning. Five oil tankers have been destroyed during the attack.

Afghan police official Khalid Khan told media that large number of oil tankers was queued near airport to provide fuel to US planes when one tanker blew away followed by the rocket attacks from unknown position. Fire has been erupted after the attacks.

The injured were immediately shifted to hospital. US and Afghan forces cordoned off the area after the attacks but attackers managed to flee.

Taliban

Taliban spokesman Mufti Latifullah Hakimi through satellite call to Geo from unknown place has accepted the responsibility of the attacks.

He said that Taliban would cut off the logistics and supply of other items and no one involve in the supply would be pardoned.●