Two injured in attack on Nato supply convoy in Khyber

PESHAWAR At least two people were injured on Monday when unknown militants attacked a Nato supply convoy on the Pak Afghan Highway in Jamrud Tehsil of Khyber tribal region. Meanwhile some nearby vehicles also sustained minor damage. Line officer Amjad Khan told Dawn that the convoy of trucks was targeted near the Sur Qamar area about 10 kilometres from the Babi Khyber on the main Peshawar Jalalabad Highway. Officials reported that the militants fired two rockets on the trucks and used heavy machine guns and rifles to target the supply convoy. Security forces and militants also exchanged gunfire for half an hour following which the militants managed to flee. A heavy contingent of Frontier Corps and Khasadar Force also reached the spot and cordoned off the area as a search operation went underway.