By DPA
Islamabad : Militants armed with rockets destroyed nine tankers delivering oil from Pakistan to NATO forces in Afghanistan early Monday, officials said.
Two of the five Russian-made rockets that were fired struck the vehicles parked near the Torkam crossing point in Pakistan's Khyber Agency, said sources in the administration of the Landi Kotal district that controls the border traffic.
A 10th tanker from the convoy of 14 vehicles was damaged, but there were no casualties, the officials said. Six Afghans were arrested in connection with the attack, the Aaj television channel reported.
Tanker convoys at the border were targeted on several occasions this year as militants try to disrupt the supply chain of foreign forces fighting the resurgent Taliban in Afghanistan.
Nine tankers carrying oil into the country were destroyed by a bomb earlier this month.