Blast damages Nato oil tanker in Pakistan

One person was killed and two wounded in northwest Pakistan on yesterday when a bomb exploded near a fuel tanker destined for Nato forces in Afghanistan, an official said.
The remote-controlled bomb was planted on the main highway linking Peshawar city with the Torkham border crossing, local official Fazle Akbar told AFP by telephone.
The blast partially damaged the oil tanker, but its driver escaped injuries, Akbar said, adding a passer-by was killed and two local men were injured. A security official also confirmed the incident but gave no casualty figure.
The explosion occurred in the troubled tribal district of Khyber, where Taliban and al-Qaeda-linked insurgents have carried out a series of attacks on Nato vehicles and terminals outside the northwestern city of Peshawar.
Earlier two suicide bombers were killed when their explosives-laden car blew up before hitting its target in violence-hit northwest Pakistan early Saturday, police said.
The bombers intended to ram the vehicle into a police post in Lakki town situated in the Bannu district, but it exploded a few metres ahead of its target, local police officer Mohammad Habibullah said.