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Title: Key NATO Supply Route Hit Again In Pakistan (20 more oil tankers set fire)
Source: Associated Press
URL Source: http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/storie ... AULT&CTIME=2010-10-03-17-00-18
Published: Oct 3, 2010
Author: Associated Press
Post Date: 2010-10-03 18:09:18 by Brian S
Keywords: None
Views: 4642
Comments: 5

ISLAMABAD (AP) -- Suspected militants attacked and set fire to around 20 tankers carrying oil for NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan on Monday, the third such strike inside Pakistan in as many days, police said.

The attack took place on a supply line that has been closed by Pakistani authorities in protest at a NATO helicopter attack that killed three Pakistan troops on the border last week.

It will raise the stakes in the closure, which has exacerbated tensions between Washington and Islamabad but has been welcomed by Islamist groups opposed to Pakistan's support off the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.

Police officer Umer Hayat said two people were killed in the attack close to the capital Islamabad by what he called "terrorists." The attackers opened fire on trucks that were parked at a poorly guarded terminal before setting them afire, he and other officers said.

The trucks were en route or waiting to travel to the Torkham border crossing along the fabled Khyber Pass, which is used to bring fuel, military vehicles, spare parts, clothing and other non-lethal supplies for foreign troops in Afghanistan. Pakistan's other main route into landlocked Afghanistan, in Chaman in the southwest, has remained open.

While NATO and the United States have alternative supply routes into Afghanistan, the Pakistani ones are the cheapest and most convenient. Most of the coalition's non-lethal supplies are transported over Pakistani soil after being unloaded at docks in Karachi, a port city in the south.

On Friday, a day after the closure of the Khyber Pass route to NATO and US traffic, there were two attacks on oil tankers headed to the country. The convoys take several days to reach the border after setting off from Karachi and make frequent stops.

Over the past two years they often have been attacked by militants, mostly in the northwestern border region where militants are strongest. They also have been targeted by criminals, who can sell the clothing, vehicles and other equipment they carry.

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#1. To: Brian S (#0) (Edited)

"Suspected militants attacked and set fire to around 20 tankers carrying oil for NATO and U.S. troops in Afghanistan on Monday, the third such strike inside Pakistan in as many days, police said".

What was this oil to be used for? Do they have their own refinery in Afghanistan?

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Murron  posted on  2010-10-03   18:13:49 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#2. To: Murron (#1)

The trucks were en route or waiting to travel to the Torkham border crossing along the fabled Khyber Pass, which is used to bring fuel, military vehicles, spare parts, clothing and other non-lethal supplies for foreign troops in Afghanistan. Pakistan's other main route into landlocked Afghanistan, in Chaman in the southwest, has remained open.

While they are using the description of 'oil tanker' it seems 'fuel tanker' would be more appropriate.

To my knowledge nor could I imagine that Afghanistan have refining capabilities.

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Brian S  posted on  2010-10-03   18:21:17 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#3. To: Murron (#1)

Afghanistan has a Primitive topping plant which processes crude oil for consumption in heating boilers in Kabul, Mazar-i-Sharif, and Sheberghan, but produces more natural gas then crude oil.

I would say that Afghanistan's significance from an energy standpoint stems from its geographical position as a potential travel route for oil and natural gas exports from Central Asia to the Arabian Sea.

The fuel destroyed was supplied meant for U.S. military operations in Afghanistan.


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Ferret Mike  posted on  2010-10-03   18:21:59 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#4. To: Brian S (#2)

Geologically speaking, this country is mountainous because of collision between two continental plates, and I understand what oil reserves that are there have a great deal of costs involved to extract because of their depth, and I'm not sure as it's been a while since I read the piece; but I believe it isn't oil of a high enough quality to merit spending the capital it would take to exploit these reserves.


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Ferret Mike  posted on  2010-10-03   18:25:19 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


#5. To: Ferret Mike (#4)

Geologically speaking, this country is mountainous because of collision between two continental plates, and I understand what oil reserves that are there have a great deal of costs involved to extract because of their depth, and I'm not sure as it's been a while since I read the piece; but I believe it isn't oil of a high enough quality to merit spending the capital it would take to exploit these reserves.

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mcgowanjm  posted on  2010-10-03   19:47:37 ET  Reply   Trace   Private Reply  


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