KANDAHAR CITY, Dec 27 (Pajhwok Afghan News): A driver was killed and three more people wounded when unidentified armed men attacked oil tankers supplying fuel to the foreign troops stationed in the southern region.
The tankers came under attack in the Takhta Pol district near the border town of Spin Boldak early Wednesday morning, officials said.
Haji Habibullah Khan, chief of the Takhta Pol district, told Pajhwok Afghan News one of the drivers was killed and three others suffered injuries in the attack.
He said the injured had been sifted to hospital for treatment but their condition was stable. The district chief said the tankers had also been destroyed in the attack.
He said all the dead and injured were Pakistanis. The vehicles were supplying fuel to coalition troops stationed in the southern provinces. Taliban so far did not claim responsibility for the attack.
Meanwhile, Haroon Zarghoon, calling himself spokesman for the Hezb-i-Islami, said their men had set ablaze two fuel tankers on Kabul - Jalalabad Highway.
He told Pajhwok Afghan News the tankers were burnt in the Spina Tana area near Gardai village. But security officials in Laghman rejected the claim and said no such incident had happened last night.
Saeed Zabuli/Mueed Hashmi

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