QUETTA, Jan 11: An oil tanker carrying fuel for Nato forces was blown up near the Chaman border on Thursday night.

According to police, high explosives had been planted under the tanker parked near the Chaman bypass.

The tanker was on its way to Kandahar, a police officer said. No casualty was reported. Sources said that the Taliban had claimed responsibility for the blast.

Meanwhile, an explosion damaged a police station in Nushki on Friday evening. Security officials said a home-made bomb had been planted along the wall of the Saddar police station.