LANDIKOTAL: Tribal transporters have complained.that the Torkham administration has failed to take any concrete steps for security of the oil tankers and other transporters bound for Bagram air base in Afghanistan.
According to administration sources, an explosive device detonated on Monday in one of the Nato supply oil tankers at the Torkham parking terminal near the border setting ablaze two more oil tankers nearby.
A local driver informed that he saw five oil tankers burning after the blast while he was coming from Torkham to Landikotal bazaar.
Drivers of Nato oil tankers and other transporters have alleged that tehsildar Torkham, Sheharyar Khan, is not providing foolproof security to the tankers.
Transporters demanded of the high-ups to force the Torkham administration to provide the oil tankers and other transporters complete security or there will be no other recourse but to stop supply to Afghanistan.
Copyright PPI (Pakistan Press International), 2011
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