Gunmen burn three NATO containers near Quetta

Unidentified gunmen on Monday torched three NATO containers near Quetta, police said.

Four militants on two motorcycles opened fire on the containers, forcing the drivers to flee and leaving their vehicles.

The gunmen then burnt the containers in the outskirts of Quetta, the capital of Balochistan, witnesses said.

The assailants fled after setting the vehicles on fire. The containers completely destroyed as fire-fighters reached late to extinguish the fire. No one was hurt, police said.

No group claimed responsibility. The authorities blame the Taliban militants for such attacks.

Militants routinely attack NATO trucks in the country.

The Monday’s incident comes just a day after militants torched a container in Bolan district of Balochistan.

Officials say that nearly 70 percent supplies for NATO forces in Afghanistan are transported via Pakistan, the shortest but a risky route.

NATO has also started withdrawal of heavy machinery through Pakistan as part of its 2014 withdrawal.

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