There have been up to six ambushes on Nato supply convoys in the past week Gunmen in Pakistan have torched at least eight oil tankers carrying fuel for Nato vehicles in Afghanistan in the latest such attack in the country.
The attack occurred near a hotel near the south western Quetta city.
There have been several ambushes on tankers in the past week since one of the main border routes into Afghanistan was shut by the Pakistani authorities.
The Torkham crossing was closed after three Pakistani soldiers were killed in a Nato helicopter strike in Pakistan.
Islamabad has not yet said when the border post will be reopened.
Wednesday’s attack happened in the parking area of a roadside hotel on the outskirts of Quetta, police official Shah Nawaz Khan told the AP news agency.
Reports say that the tankers were believed to be he heading for a smaller border crossing into Afghanistan that still remains open.
On Friday, at least 27 lorries carrying supplies for Nato troops were set on fire in the southern Sindh province.
Nato has been playing down the logistical impact of the attacks, but analysts say if such ambushes continue, they will begin to have an impact.
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