July 18, 2012 kabul assailants claiming to belong to the taliban destroyed 22 trucks carrying supplies for nato forces in a normally secure region of northern afghanistan on wednesday, while. Bomb destroys nato trucks in afghanistan a taliban bomb attack has destroyed 22 fuel tankers carrying supplies for nato forces in afghanistan. Ap kabul, afghanistan the taliban detonated a bomb on a fuel tanker wednesday and then opened fire on other nato supply trucks, destroying 22 vehicles loaded with fuel and other goods for. Twenty tankers which were destroyed were on their way to afghanistan, and were attacked on the outskirts of quetta, the capital of balochistan province. A bomb planted by the taliban has destroyed 22 trucks carrying supplies to nato forces in northern afghanistan. Oil tankers destroyed in attack on nato supply route in pakistan this article is more than 9 years old three people dead after terrorists set fire to 20 tankers bound for troops in afghanistan.
Military vehicles destroyed in taliban raid on natos. Taliban spokesman, zabihullah mujahid, claimed 25 fuel tankers were destroyed with four explosions at a stand. Kabul, afghanistan the taliban detonated a bomb on a fuel tanker wednesday and then opened fire on other nato supply trucks, destroying 22 vehicles loaded with fuel and other goods for u. The attack is the second of its kind since pakistan closed down the khyber pass on sept. Taliban torch another nato fuel convoy in islamabad fdd. Afghan officials say a magnetic bomb placed on a truck exploded and destroyed 22 nato supply vehicles. Gunmen launch another attack against nato supply trucks in pakistan, the latest in a series of attacks on the supply chain for the war in afghanistan. Taliban destroy 100 trucks in biggest raid on nato.
Military vehicles destroyed in taliban raid on nato s supply line to afghanistan most watched news videos thug caught on cctv mugging elderly pensioner outside corner store. First nato trucks roll into afghanistan after months of. Taliban bomb wrecks 22 nato supply trucks in afghanistan. A bomb planted by the taliban destroyed 22 nato trucks carrying supplies to usled forces in northern afghanistan. The incident encapsulates many of the challenges for nato tankers and supply lines, including militant attacks, disastrous floods, and mercurial pakistanus relations.
Taliban destroy nato supply convoy outside islamabad fdd. Taliban fighters destroy 22 nato supply trucks, kill 12. A taliban bomb attack has destroyed 22 fuel tankers carrying supplies for nato forces in afghanistan, local officials said, as nine afghan soldiers and two nato troops died in escalating attacks. Oil tankers destroyed in attack on nato supply route in pakistan. Taliban attack nato supplies in afghan east, destroy dozens of trucks. Taliban attack nato supplies in afghan east, destroy. Islamabad, pakistan supplies intended for nato forces in afghanistan were suspended tuesday after taliban militants blew up a highway bridge in the khyber pass region, a lawless northwestern tribal area straddling the border with afghanistan. Insurgent attacks on nato trucks highlight us military crisis in afghanistan by barry grey 9 december 2008 a series of attacks on us and nato military equipment depots in the northwestern. Nato supply trucks attacked in pakistan gunmen launch another attack against nato supply trucks in pakistan, the latest in a series of attacks on the supply chain for the war in afghanistan. Pakistan blocks nato supply route to afghanistan a vital supply route for u. Taliban claims responsibility for nato supply truck attacks.
Kabul, afghanistan the taliban said they detonated a bomb on a fuel tanker wednesday and then opened fire on other nato supply trucks in a morning attack that destroyed 22 vehicles loaded with. Kabul three suicide bombers attacked a parking lot at a police base in eastern afghanistan, killing a guard and setting 25 trucks ablaze, an afghan provincial official said monday. Nato is in talks with the countries near afghanistan s northern border as it tries to deal with a growing problem with its supply chain. In 2010, pakistan suspended nato supplies to afghanistan for one week when a nato helicopter killed two pakistani soldiers within pakistans borders. Nato petrol tankers were set ablaze in a terrorist attack in pakistan last august.
In a similar attack on november 11, as many as 200 taliban fighters hijacked a nato supply convoy from the port of karachi to afghanistan via the border at. Taliban destroy 40 nato vehicles in pakistan along supply. The last coalition supply convoy recently left peshawar as truck. Nangarhar, heavy fighting was reported in torkham, a border town between afghanistan and pakistan in eastern nangarhar province early on wednesday. Pak militants destroy more nato vehicles the daily star. The taliban destroyed 28 nato fuel tankers bound for afghanistan in an attack near islamabad. Militants destroy at least 34 trucks in a rocket attack on a nato trucking terminal supplying troops in neighbouring afghanistan. Pakistan closed the border after nato helicopters and an ac gunship attacked two of its military checkpoints at salala. Taliban militants targeted a convoy of the nato supply vehicles and torched 50 oil tankers in northwest. Nato trucks destroyed after afghan taliban attack youtube. Taliban attack on nato base in afghanistan destroys 37 trucks.
Gunmen mounted the biggest attack yet on nato supplies going to afghanistan yesterday, torching more than 100 trucks carrying equipment at a depot in northwest pakistan, the main route for supplies to troops in landlocked afghanistan. More than 40 nato vehicles were destroyed in two separate taliban attacks in pakistan yesterday as the militants stepped up their efforts to disrupt supply routes into afghanistan. Unknown assailants destroyed nearly 40 vehicles, mostly nato tankers bringing oil to afghanistan, on a nighttime raid in. Nato trucks rolled into afghanistan today, the first since pakistan closed the border after a deadly, errant us strike on pakistani troops in november. Bombers strike afghanistan police base, kill guard the. Suspected militants attacked and set fire to at least 20 oil tankers in pakistan en route to nato forces in afghanistan, police said tonight. In neighbouring pakistan, the main supply route for nato and us forces stationed in afghanistan, three trucks with supplies for foreign forces were torched saturday evening in balochistan province, police said.
Taliban bomb destroys 22 nato supply trucks abc news. Reuters reports that supply trucks began entering afghanistan thursday, after border security was given the green light to open the way. The threat to the primary supply chain into afghanistan is growing, and the united states has few other options. Burning nato supply trucks are seen in samangan, north of kabul, afghanistan, on july 18, 2012. Rockets destroy more pakistan petrol tankers bound for. On december 8, in an earlymorning attack on a truck terminal in peshawar, islamist terrorists set fire to nearly 100 trucks and trailers. Taliban hits nato fuel trucks in afghanistan, killing one. Taliban bomb destroys 22 nato supply trucks in afghanistan. Nato supply line closure not impeding afghan war effort pakistans closure of a key supply line for nato troops in afghanistan has not impeded the military effort in afghanistan, a nato.
Eighteen fuel tankers and four supply vehicles were parked in aibak, the capital. The taliban said they detonated a bomb on a fuel tanker wednesday and then opened fire on other nato supply trucks in a morning attack that destroyed 22 vehicles loaded with fuel and other goods for u. Militants attacked a nato north atlantic treaty organisation fuel trucks station in afghanistan near the border with pakistan late on monday setting off magnetic bombs, torching nato supply. Mazaresharif, afghanistan a bomb planted by the taliban destroyed 22 nato trucks carrying supplies to their forces in northern afghanistan. The raid was the fourth on nato and us military terminals outside the city of. Taliban destroyed 11 trucks and containers bound for foreign troops in afghanistan in the depot attack, police said. Nato trucks destroyed near pakistan capital financial times. Drivers hauling nato supplies from pakistan into afghanistan are refusing to continue on the job.
Nato tankers torched in pakistan, but alternative routes. Taleban suicide bombers and gunmen dressed as afghan police attacked a us base near the pakistani border on monday and set dozens of parked nato supply vehicles ablaze. Taliban stormed the supply terminal used as standing point for the us nato s armed tanks, army vehicles, supply and fuel trucks with heavy and light arms, hand grenades, rockets this morning, prompting a deadly. More than 700 nato trucks were destroyed in the fall of 2007 and winter of 2008, and the khyber pass was shut down six times during that period. Militants in pakistan destroy nato trucks the new york times. Oil tankers destroyed in attack on nato supply route in. Nato troops and afghan security forces arrive at the site of burning nato supply trucks after an attack by militants in the torkham area near the pakistaniafghan in nangarhar province june 19, 2014. Nato supply line closure not impeding afghan war effort. Its been a bad autumn for nato in afghanistan, with twin disasters on the political and military fronts.
Pakistani militants attack key nato supply line by. Ap kabul, afghanistan the taliban detonated a bomb on a fuel tanker wednesday and then opened fire on other nato supply trucks, destroying 22 vehicles loaded with fuel and other goods for u. The tehriketaliban pakistan has taken responsibility for the attack on nato supply trucks in sindh, which claimed 5 lives on friday. Taleban attack nato supply, us base in afghanistan arab news. Otn systems develops missioncritical networks for specific industrial markets. The khyber pass is nato s main conduit for supplies into afghanistan. Bridge attack halts nato supplies to afghanistan the new. Rockets destroy more pakistan petrol tankers bound for nato troops in afghanistan attackers armed with rocket propelled grenades destroyed 29 oil.
Officials in afghanistan suspect the taliban used a magnetic bomb to disrupt nato supply lines in the north, just weeks after pakistan reopened eastern and southern lines. Three people were killed in the attack, which occurred close to islamabad, the capital, according to senior police official umar hayat. Militants near the pakistani city of peshawar destroyed more than 160 humvees and trucks bound for western forces in afghanistan sunday the latest reminder that as the world focuses on pakistans eastern border with india, the militant threat along its western border is still spreading. One police officer is dead after taliban suicide bombers attacked nato fuel trucks in afghanistan near the pakistani border. The foreign minister of afghanistan s taliban regime, wakil ahmed muttawakil, declared november 10 that his government would not hand over osama bin laden to the united states.
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