Taliban blow up NATO tankers to avenge drone attacks

By Maaz Khan | Updated: 2010-10-07 08:44

A policeman walks through damaged oil tankers, which were carrying supplies to foreign forces in Afghanistan, after they were attacked and burnt on the outskirts of Quetta on Wednesday. Gunmen in Pakistan attacked and set fire to 20 trucks transporting supplies to NATO troops in Afghanistan, police said. Rizwan Saeed / Reuters

QUETTA, Pakistan - Suspected Taliban gunmen on Wednesday set fire to NATO oil tankers in Pakistan for the fourth time in a week in an attack the Islamic extremist group claimed as revenge for deadly United States drone attacks.