Suspected Taliban attacked a logistics terminal for NATO supplies on the Ring Road on Saturday, destroying a trailer and a crane bound for Afghanistan.Azmat, a driver whose truck was damaged in the attack, said dozens of suspected Taliban in cars indiscriminately fired on the trucks parked at Bilal Terminal near Kohat Road at 3:45am, bursting the vehicles' tyres.
He said a rocket hit a crane, setting it ablaze, badly damaging both it and the trailer on which it was loaded. According to sources, the Taliban clashed with police but managed to escape. A Banamari Police Station official said a container was also destroyed in the attack.
The government has launched Operation Daraghlam (Arriving) in Jamrud to clear the area of Taliban. However, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) spokesman Maulvi Umar said on Thursday that the banned outfit would step up attacks on NATO supplies if the Pakistani government did not halt their transport.