(NSI News Source Info) PESHAWAR, Pakistan - April 13, 2009: Pakistani police say Taliban militants have set fire to about 10 trucks carrying cement to Western forces in neighboring Afghanistan.
Authorities say the trucks were in terminals near the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar. Officials say gun battles erupted at the scene early Sunday. Media reports say several guards or truck drivers were wounded in the attack.
Pakistani drivers push a half burnt truck after militants attack at a terminal on the outskirts of Peshawar, Pakistan, on Sunday, April 12, 2009.
Militants in Pakistan frequently attack cargo terminals and other stops used by vehicles taking supplies to Western troops in land-locked Afghanistan through the Khyber Pass.
A worker poses next to a burnt out military vehicle at a terminal on the outskirts of Peshawar April 12, 2009. Taliban militants set fire on Sunday to 10 container trucks carrying supplies to Western forces in Afghanistan in a pre-dawn attack near the Pakistani city of Peshawar, police said.
Scores of trucks have been damaged, while several people have died, adding urgency to the U.S. efforts to find safer routes.
People gather beside a truck carrying NATO supplies after it was burned by militants at a terminal in outskirt of Peshawar, Pakistan.
In other news, authorities say Pakistani filmmaker Satish Anand was freed by his captors Saturday, six months after he was abducted in Karachi. Media reports say he was released after a ransom payment was made. Six people have been detained in connection to the kidnapping.
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