Gunmen in Pakistan attack NATO fuel tankers

Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan set fire to more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan today, a government official said.

Gunmen in southwestern Pakistan set fire to more than two dozen tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Saturday, a government official said.

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The suspected Islamist militants have stepped up attacks on convoys carrying supplies for NATO forces since a cross-border air strike by NATO forces on September 30 in northwestern Pakistan that killed two Pakistani soldiers.