imagePESHAWAR: Gunmen in Jamrud opened fire on tankers carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan on Monday, killing a driver and wounding two others, officials said.

The incident happened in Jamrud area of Khyber.

"A convoy of six oil tankers was heading towards Afghanistan when four attackers riding two motorbikes attacked the first tanker, killing its driver," senior local administration official Irshad Khan told AFP.

He said the tanker overturned as a result of the firing, adding two other persons including a helper and a passerby were injured.

Khan said the remaining five tankers returned to Peshawar, the capital of northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, after the attack.

Another local administration official Mehtab Khan confirmed the incident and casualties.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2014

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