Kabul: The Afghan Taliban militants attacked three convoys carrying fuel and supplies to Nato troops based in, killing nine Afghan security guards and torching at least 15 fuel tankers, news agencies reported on Saturday.
Two of the attacks on the supply convoys took place in eastern Ghazni province, where a pair of roadside bombs killed four Afghan security guards escorting the trucks to a nearby base.
The Taliban also ambushed a Nato fuel convoy late Friday along the border between Herat and Farah provinces in the west, killing five Afghan guards. Seven other guards were wounded in the attack after insurgents opened fire on the convoy.
The vast majority of the fuel for the roughly 132,000 international troops is ferried in by truck from Pakistan before it is distributed to Nato forces across Afghanistan. It takes roughly 100 truckloads of fuel — about 1.5 million gallons — to keep coalitions forces moving for a single day.
Insurgents frequently target Nato fuel tankers in both Afghanistan and Pakistan.
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