Gunmen Attack NATO Container, Injure Driver, Cleaner

Islamabad, Oct 7, IRNA – Unidentified gunmen in Pakistan’s southwest attacked a container, carrying supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan, and injured its driver and his assistant, police in the region said. Both received bullet injuries in Mastung area of Balochistan, who were shifted to a nearby hospital. Officials said that the container loaded with goods was on way from Karachi to Afghanistan when unknown gunmen riding a motorcycle opened fire at the container. The assailants also set the container on fire. Later, the attackers managed to escape. The local militia force rushed to the site of attack and conducted a search operation but no one was arrested. The police also registered a case against unknown attackers and started investigation into the incident. No group claimed responsibility. Taliban militants are blamed for such attacks. It is the second attack on NATO containers in Balochistan in two days. Two empty NATO containers were torched in the region on Saturday. No one was injured in the attack. Some 70 percent supplies are transported for nearly 150,000 U.S.-led NATO troops in Afghanistan./end