Entry of NATO oil tankers banned in Peshawar in view of increasing attacks
March 17th, 2011 - 5:37 pm ICT by ANIPeshawar, Mar 17(ANI): The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Government has banned the entry of tankers carrying oil for Afghanistan-bound NATO forces in Peshawar.
Official sources said that the terminals of these tankers have also been shifted to the Nowshera district.
“These oil tankers are no more allowed to enter Peshawar or even stay in the suburbs due to security reasons,” the Daily Times quoted a senior KP Home Department official, as saying.
The government has also decided not to allow these oil tankers to be parked anywhere near the roads or at petrol pumps.The decision has been taken in the wake of increasing attacks on the Afghanistan-bound vehicles, especially tankers carrying oil for the international forces in the war-torn country.
NATO trucks and oil tankers are regularly targeted with arson attacks blamed on insurgents attempting to disrupt the two key supply lines, which cross western Pakistan bound for foreign troops fighting in neighbouring Afghanistan. (ANI)
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