According to border security officials, the oil tankers were parked at the Torkham border terminal when they were torched. –File Photo

PESHAWAR: A Pakistani government official says five Nato oil tankers burned after an explosion at the Afghan border.

Tahir Khan says the Tuesday explosion ripped through a parking area at the Torkham border crossing, where the tankers go through customs before crossing into neighboring Afghanistan.

He said he did not know who was responsible or what caused the explosion. Militants usually attack the tankers elsewhere in Pakistan.

Most supplies for Nato and its allied US forces pass through two routes in the country.

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