Fuel convoy supplying NATO forces hit in eastern Afghanistan; 2 tankers set ablaze

Associated Press

Last update: November 8, 2009 - 3:33 AM

KABUL - An Afghan police official says at least two private security guards have been wounded and two fuel tankers set on fire in eastern Afghanistan when militants attacked a supply convoy for NATO forces.

Provincial police spokesman Ghafor Khan says the two were injured in a battle Sunday near Jalalabad between the enemy combatants and private guards providing security for the convoy. He says other tankers were damaged along the highway, a main supply route between Pakistan and the Afghan capital of Kabul.

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