2 killed in attack on NATO truck in SW Pakistan

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Press Trust of India Karachi
Last Updated : Feb 09 2014 | 3:40 PM IST
Two persons were killed in Pakistan's restive Balochistan province today when unidentified armed men attacked a NATO container truck and set it afire.
The incident took place in Sibi district when the NATO vehicle was travelling from Karachi to Afghanistan via the Chaman border crossing.
Police said the motorcycle-borne men fired at the truck, killing the driver instantly. "The cleaner who was with the driver later died in hospital," a police official said.
The attackers also set the truck on fire, officials said.
Since the Pakistan Tehrik-e-Insaaf stopped NATO containers from travelling through Khyber-Pakhtunkhawa province in the northwest, most supply trucks have been using the route via the troubled Balochistan province.
Imran Khan's party stopped the NATO vehicles to protest US drone attacks.
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First Published: Feb 09 2014 | 3:40 PM IST

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