Two separate attacks in Northwest Pakistan destroyed 12 trucks Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) with supplies that went into Afghanistan and caused a fire that killed 15 civilians who collected fuel that leaked from a tanker truck. In the town of Landi Kotal in the Khyber tribal province, bordering Afghanistan, residents gathered around a tanker of NATO to recover gasoline that leaked after a bomb blast.
"The tanker caught fire after the explosion caused by a small bomb before dawn, "said Shafeerullah Wazir, head of local administration. Previously, some 11 trucks from NATO, "Most tankers" were destroyed in the nearby city of Torjam, said another official of the administration, Iqbal Khattak.
But the trucks with supplies and NATO tankers are often targets of attacks attributed to Taliban and other militant groups seeking to cut the supply of 130 000 US-led military fighting in Afghanistan. The tribal areas of northwest Pakistan, which Washington regards as "the most dangerous region in the world", are the Pakistani Taliban stronghold and the main sanctuary in the world for Al Qaeda.
It is also the rear base of the Afghan Taliban. In China, President Hu Jintao vowed to enhance counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan after a meeting with the Arab country's prime minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani. The meeting, held on Friday, Jintao stressed that Beijing will cooperate in the fight against border crimes "in order to create a good climate of security conducive to economic and social development of the two countries." The Pakistani Taliban are Islamist rebels who swore allegiance to Al Qaeda since 2007 and have since forged a number of attacks in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The organization vowed to avenge the death of its leader, Osama bin Laden, who was killed on 2 May in the north of the country by U.S. Marines. Since this threat, two attacks are claimed by the Taliban: the first on Friday against a U.S. vehicle in the Pacific Northwest and a week before, a double suicide attack in front of a training center Shabqadar Police, who left more than 98 dead. 
"The tanker caught fire after the explosion caused by a small bomb before dawn, "said Shafeerullah Wazir, head of local administration. Previously, some 11 trucks from NATO, "Most tankers" were destroyed in the nearby city of Torjam, said another official of the administration, Iqbal Khattak.
But the trucks with supplies and NATO tankers are often targets of attacks attributed to Taliban and other militant groups seeking to cut the supply of 130 000 US-led military fighting in Afghanistan. The tribal areas of northwest Pakistan, which Washington regards as "the most dangerous region in the world", are the Pakistani Taliban stronghold and the main sanctuary in the world for Al Qaeda.
It is also the rear base of the Afghan Taliban. In China, President Hu Jintao vowed to enhance counterterrorism cooperation with Pakistan after a meeting with the Arab country's prime minister, Yusuf Raza Gilani. The meeting, held on Friday, Jintao stressed that Beijing will cooperate in the fight against border crimes "in order to create a good climate of security conducive to economic and social development of the two countries." The Pakistani Taliban are Islamist rebels who swore allegiance to Al Qaeda since 2007 and have since forged a number of attacks in both Pakistan and Afghanistan.
The organization vowed to avenge the death of its leader, Osama bin Laden, who was killed on 2 May in the north of the country by U.S. Marines. Since this threat, two attacks are claimed by the Taliban: the first on Friday against a U.S. vehicle in the Pacific Northwest and a week before, a double suicide attack in front of a training center Shabqadar Police, who left more than 98 dead.
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