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Militants torch trucks, wound 3 guards along US-Nato supply line
Police said about 150 militants armed with rockets and automatic weapons attacked a northwest Pakistani terminal that lies along a key supply route used by US and Nato troops, wounding three guards and torching eight cement trucks.
- Agencies
- Published: 09:26 April 12, 2009
Peshawar: Police said about 150 militants armed with rockets and automatic weapons attacked a northwest Pakistani terminal that lies along a key supply route used by US and Nato troops, wounding three guards and torching eight cement trucks.
police officer Gharibullah Khan said the attack on Sunday took place on the outskirts of the main northwest city of Peshawar.
He said, "They fired rockets and used automatic weapons and torched at least eight trailers carrying cement."
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