Militants continue attacks on NATO supply convoys

Armed gunmen torched 29 NATO oil tankers in southwestern Pakistan before dawn
this morning. It was the latest attack on the supply line for international troops in Afghanistan since Pakistani authorities closed a key border crossing amid a dispute with the United States. Two responding police officers were wounded.

Police said at least 10 gunmen were involved in the attack. The oil tankers were parked near
a roadside restaurant in the area of Mithri about 200 kilometerseast of Quetta, the capital of Baluchistan province.

Pakistan shuttered the border in Torkham on Sept. 30, following a NATO helicopter strike that killed two Pakistani border guards. Since then, there have been several attacks on supply convoys, including two in which militants torched 70 fuel tankers and killed a driver.