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Pakistan officials say 'suspected militants' torched NATO supply trucks
Pakistani paramilitary Rangers say "suspected militants" set fire to 27 tankers overnight that were carrying fuel for NATO troops in Afghanistan.
But experts say the claim does not conform with the situation on the ground in the northern part of Sindh Province where the attack took place.
The fuel tankers were set ablaze as they were parked for the night at a terminal on the outskirts of Shikarpur in the northern part of the country's southern Sindh Province.
The attack came less than a day after Pakistan's government blocked the Torkham border crossing into Afghanistan further to the north. The Torkham crossing is a key link in a supply route for U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan. It apparently was closed in retaliation for the killing of three Pakistani paramilitary soldiers by an alleged cross-border NATO helicopter attack.