Gunmen attack NATO oil tanker in Pakistan

A NATO tanker carrying fuel for US-led international forces in war-torn Afghanistan has been targeted by gunmen in southwestern Pakistan.

The gunmen attacked the tanker near Luckpas area in Tehsil Matsung, killing the driver on the spot, a local official was quoted by the Press TV correspondent late on Wednesday.

Pakistan is the main supply route for the US-led NATO forces in Afghanistan.

Afghan-based US and NATO forces receive up to 80 percent of their supplies via routes that pass through the Khyber region of northwestern Pakistan and the southwestern Chaman border-crossing in Baluchistan.

Oil tankers and trucks that bring goods from the port city of Karachi to the US-led forces frequently come under attack.