(NSI News Source Info) QUETTA, Pakistan - March 18, 2009: A man in Pakistan on March 18 hurled a grenade at a NATO supply truck carrying machinery destined for Afghanistan, damaging the equipment, police said. 
Pakistani security officials examine a truck after a bomb attack in Chaman, a Pakistani town along Afghan border, Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Two men on a motorcycle threw a bomb at the truck carrying an excavating machine to NATO troops in Afghanistan, halting traffic along a supply route through Pakistan's southwest, officials said.
The attacker threw the hand grenade as trucks loaded with supplies waited for customs clearance near the Chaman border crossing in southwestern Baluchistan province, local police officer Gul Mohammad said.
"Soon after the grenade blast, people saw a man fleeing the area, and (he) disappeared in the rush," he said, quoting witnesses.
The truck was carrying a machine for drilling wells. The blast caused "minor damage" to the machine and no casualties, the officer said.
The crossing was briefly closed to trucks after the attack, for which nobody has claimed responsibility.
NATO and US-led forces in landlocked Afghanistan are hugely dependent on Pakistan for supplies and equipment, about 80 percent of which is transported through the troubled country.
Baluchistan has been rocked by a four-year insurgency waged by tribal rebels fighting for political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's natural resources.
The province has also been hit by attacks blamed on Taliban militants.
Pakistani security officials examine a truck after a bomb attack in Chaman, a Pakistani town along Afghan border, Wednesday, March 18, 2009. Two men on a motorcycle threw a bomb at the truck carrying an excavating machine to NATO troops in Afghanistan, halting traffic along a supply route through Pakistan's southwest, officials said.
The attacker threw the hand grenade as trucks loaded with supplies waited for customs clearance near the Chaman border crossing in southwestern Baluchistan province, local police officer Gul Mohammad said.
"Soon after the grenade blast, people saw a man fleeing the area, and (he) disappeared in the rush," he said, quoting witnesses.
The truck was carrying a machine for drilling wells. The blast caused "minor damage" to the machine and no casualties, the officer said.
The crossing was briefly closed to trucks after the attack, for which nobody has claimed responsibility.
NATO and US-led forces in landlocked Afghanistan are hugely dependent on Pakistan for supplies and equipment, about 80 percent of which is transported through the troubled country.
Baluchistan has been rocked by a four-year insurgency waged by tribal rebels fighting for political autonomy and a greater share of profits from the region's natural resources.
The province has also been hit by attacks blamed on Taliban militants.
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