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5th July 2014, 03:19 PM
5 July 2014 Last updated at 06:50 ET
Taliban launch rocket attack on Kabul oil tankers
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A fuel tanker driver said the attackers shot at drivers who tried to turn on their engines, as Karen Allen reports
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The Taliban in Afghanistan say that they have carried out a rocket attack on hundreds of oil tankers outside the capital, Kabul.
It was unclear whether there had been any casualties in the incident which happened late on Friday.
Firefighters spent all night tackling the blaze, but fires were still burning on Saturday morning.
The tankers were reportedly transporting fuel for Nato forces and were parked at the time of the attack.
An Afghan security official quoted by the AP news agency said that at least 400 fuel tankers caught fire in a parking lot in the outskirts of Kabul.
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Some reports said the number of tankers destroyed was into the hundreds
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The Taliban say that the tankers were being used to transport fuel to Nato forces
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28173990
Taliban launch rocket attack on Kabul oil tankers
Jump media player (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28173990)
A fuel tanker driver said the attackers shot at drivers who tried to turn on their engines, as Karen Allen reports
Continue reading the main story (http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28173990#story_continues_1) Taliban Conflict (http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_depth/south_asia/afghanistan_pakistan/default.stm)
The Taliban in Afghanistan say that they have carried out a rocket attack on hundreds of oil tankers outside the capital, Kabul.
It was unclear whether there had been any casualties in the incident which happened late on Friday.
Firefighters spent all night tackling the blaze, but fires were still burning on Saturday morning.
The tankers were reportedly transporting fuel for Nato forces and were parked at the time of the attack.
An Afghan security official quoted by the AP news agency said that at least 400 fuel tankers caught fire in a parking lot in the outskirts of Kabul.
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/76064000/jpg/_76064878_023031087-1.jpg
Some reports said the number of tankers destroyed was into the hundreds
http://news.bbcimg.co.uk/media/images/76064000/jpg/_76064602_023031059-1.jpg
The Taliban say that the tankers were being used to transport fuel to Nato forces
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-28173990