Three oil tankers operated by NATO in Pakistan were torched by unknown assailants on Sunday, local media has reported. No deaths or injuries were reported.
The incident took place in the Dasht region near the city of Quetta, which is near the Afghan border, reported Pakistan’s Express Tribune newspaper.
In the incident, assailants opened fire on the tankers then fled. Soon after, the vehicles caught fire and were utterly destroyed.
Local official Nazeer Ahmed told CNN there were no injuries and the drivers of the tankers were able to escape before the trucks were consumed by the fire. “Roaring flames of fire can be seen from quite far away,” he said, adding that the tankers were en route to Afghanistan.
No groups have so far taken responsibility for the attack, according to reports. However, it is suspected that the Taliban or affiliated militant organizations are behind it since they have carried out similar attacks on tankers in the past.
Oil tankers and supply trucks for NATO forces are forced to travel through Pakistan to get to Afghanistan, a rugged and rural country, with few inroads and airports. In recent years, NATO has increasingly used other Central Asian countries to transport fuel and other supplies into Afghanistan.
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