Nine Nato oil tankers torched in Kalat

E-Paper | May 21, 2026

KALAT: At least nine North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (Nato) oil tankers were torched during an attack in the Sohrab district of Balochistan on Friday, DawnNews reported.

According to the police, the oil tankers were incinerated when unknown motorcyclists targeted them with rockets in the Sohrab area near Kalat.

Police moreover said one of the drivers of the oil tankers was missing following the attack. However, no loss of life was reported in the incident.

Meanwhile, levies and police personnel cordoned off the area but no arrests were made till the filing of this report.

Pakistan is a key transit route for the Nato mission in landlocked Afghanistan.

From November 2011 to July 2012, Pakistan shut its Afghan border to all overland Nato traffic after US air raids killed 24 Pakistani troops.

Later in July 2012, Pakistan and the United States signed a deal allowing Nato convoys to travel into Afghanistan until the end of 2015.

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US CENTCOM

Sep 13, 2013 05:24pm

Our common enemies have made it clear that they do not wish to see any alliance between our nations. These acts of terror prove that they are trying their best to discourage us from working together. Our shared will and desire to restore peace in the region has helped us overcome many obstacles and challenges in the last decade. We will not let these acts of terror deter us from achieving our shared objectives in the region. We

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Ajukis Rambler

Sep 13, 2013 07:08pm

Looters, plunderers, terrorists and murderers are all causing death and destruction in the hollow name of Baluch nationalism. One wonders what all this with ready availability of rockets them if not terrorism by enemies of peace, devoid of even civility or any love, tolerance and fraternity living in same dark ages in this 21st century and burning their own lands.

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M Khan

Sep 14, 2013 08:47am

"Meanwhile, levies and police personnel cordoned off the area but no arrests were made till the filing of this report". I hear and read the above statement every time a terrorist acts takes place in Pakistan, are they not supposed to be guarding the NATO convey as a part of agreement between NATO and Pakistan, to me this is simply not being very responsible, what good is cordoning off the area after the terrorist have done what they wanted to do. Why was terrorist on a motorcycle was allowed to be so close to the NATO convey and this is not the first time but is probably 100th time in the last 10 years. Mansoor Khan

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