Convoy bound for Afghanistan troops hijacked

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Convoy bound for Afghanistan troops hijacked
By Riaz Khan - The Associated Press
Posted : Tuesday Nov 11, 2008 6:00:18 EST

PESHAWAR, Pakistan — Dozens of masked insurgents blocked a mountain pass and hijacked at gunpoint a convoy of trucks carrying military vehicles and other supplies bound for U.S.-led forces in Afghanistan, an official said Tuesday.

Attacks are common against supply trucks that use the Khyber Pass in Pakistan’s northwest to ferry supplies to U.S. and NATO troops across the border, but Monday’s raid was particularly brazen.

Some 60 masked gunmen blocked the route at several points and assaulted the convoy, said Fazal Mahmood, an administration official for the Khyber tribal region.

Pakistani security forces traded fire with the gunmen but were forced to retreat. The militants took the trucks along with the drivers.

Mahmood blamed the Taliban movement for the attack.


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