Posted on 08/31/2009 6:37:57 PM PDT by Pan_Yan
Pakistani officials are investigating an explosion at a border crossing with Afghanistan that set ablaze at least 16 supply trucks and fuel tankers bound for NATO troops.
Police suspect a bomb planted under a fuel tanker exploded late Sunday at the Chaman crossing in Baluchistan province. The blaze then spread to the other trucks.
Sources say at least one person was wounded in the incident.
Witnesses report hearing gunfire before the explosion, and police say emergency crews were fighting the fire into Sunday night.
Hundreds of trucks, many loaded with NATO supplies, have been stuck on Pakistan's side of the border. The Chaman crossing had been closed for two days because of a dispute between Pakistani and Afghan customs officials relating to the inspection of goods.
Pakistani police say they foiled an attack on supply trucks earlier Sunday when they found and defused a bomb.
The Chaman crossing is one of two main crossing points for supplies destined for American and NATO troops in Afghanistan.
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And this is the big problem with supporting the war in afghanistan. They are landlocked and are surrounded by muslim nations. All convoys will be attacked.
Yes, and what is the objective? What constitutes winning there? Nobody seems to know what the heck it is we are trying to accomplish.
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