Taliban Set "FOUR HUNDRED" Oil Tankers On Fire In Rocket Attack

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An Afghan security official quoted by the AP news agency said that at least 400 fuel tankers caught fire in a parking lot in the outskirts of Kabul. The BBC reports. Video/Reuters

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Taliban launch rocket attack on Kabul oil tankers (BBC, July 5, 2014)
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28173990
"The Taliban in Afghanistan say that they have carried out a rocket attack on hundreds of oil tankers outside the capital, Kabul. It was unclear whether there had been any casualties in the incident which happened late on Friday.

Firefighters spent all night tackling the blaze, but fires were still burning on Saturday morning. The tankers were reportedly transporting fuel for Nato forces and were parked at the time of the attack...."

Taliban set 200 fuel trucks on fire in Kabul (timesofindia, July 5, 2014)
http://bit.ly/1ta6u0h
"A Taliban bomb attack on the outskirts of Kabul set fire to some 200 fuel trucks that the militants claimed were supplying foreign troops in Afghanistan, officials said on Saturday. 

The tankers were set ablaze as they sat in a parking lot waiting to enter the Afghan capital, which is currently gripped by a fraud dispute over presidential elections last month. 

Taliban insurgents fighting a 13-year-war against US-led forces in Afghanistan often attack western supply convoys and claimed responsibility for the late Friday night attack..."



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