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| The picture taken on June 9, 2010 shows the destroyed vehicles near Islamabad, capital of Pakistan. (Xinhua/Zeeshan Niazi) |
Interior Minister Rehman Malik took serious note of the attack near Islamabad and ordered inquiry into the incident, the Interior Ministry said. He asked the police chief to submit a report within three days.
A senior police officer Hakim Khan was suspended for security lapse, police sources said.
Sources in the Interior Ministry say that NATO is responsible for the security of its vehicles, adding that the terminal was run by a private company.
Officials say that some 70 percent supplies are transported through Pakistan for over 100,000 NATO troops in Afghanistan.
Sources say that oil and other supplies for NATO forces are brought to Sangjani from the port city of Karachi, which are dispatched to Afghanistan from there.
Pakistan had been a short route to transport oil and other supplies to NATO forces in Afghanistan under an agreement between the U.S. and Pakistan. But the route had never been completely secure as trucks are usually come under attack.
The U.S. has already struck agreements with Russia and some Central Asia states for alternate supply route but analysts say the Russian route is long.
