(MENAFN- Qatar News Agency) Islamabad May 05 - Gunmen attacked three container trucks carrying NATO supplies en route to Afghanistan in Pakistan's troubled northwest on Monday killing two people officials said.
The trucks came under fire in the Wazir Dhand area of Khyber one of seven districts that make up Pakistan?s semi-autonomous tribal belt as they were on their way to Afghanistan Pakistan's (Geo News) reported.
Pakistan is a major transit supply route for the NATO mission in landlocked Afghanistan. "The three container trucks were on their way to Afghanistan when seven to eight gunmen opened fire at them in Wazir Dhand area killing two drivers and wounding two others" a senior local administration official Ali Sher told.
He said two of the drivers were missing since the incident and it was not clear if they had escaped or if militants had kidnapped them.
Another local administration official also confirmed the incident and said the attackers had fled.
No group has admitted responsibility but the Taliban have in the past claimed such attacks.
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