7 Dec 2008

Pakistani militants set trucks on fire

9:42 pm on 7 December 2008

Pakistani militants have set on fire 96 trucks carrying military vehicles for Western forces in Afghanistan in an attack in the northwestern city of Peshawar.

Police say at least one person was killed as more than 250 gunmen attacked the terminal near the city of Peshawar using rockets and guns.

Most supplies - including fuel - for US and Nato forces in landlocked Afghanistan are transported through Pakistan, much of it through a mountain pass near Peshawar.