Pakistan attack worse than first reported

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Oct. 7 (UPI) -- An attack on a NATO convoy in Pakistan carrying fuel to Afghanistan resulted in more damage than previously reported, officials said Thursday.

Insurgents wielding rockets and machine guns attacked the supply convoy Wednesday in Pakistan's Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, CNN reported.

Fifty-four oil tankers and containers were damaged, Salim Khan, a police official in the province's Nowshera district, said.

Initial reports had said 17 oil tankers and four containers had been set on fire.

It was the latest in a series of strikes on Afghan-bound supply convoys in Pakistan, where five other attacks on vehicles carrying supplies for NATO forces have occurred in the past week, leaving at least six people dead.

The Pakistani Taliban has claimed responsibility for two of the earlier attacks.

Coalition forces in Afghanistan rely heavily on convoys from Pakistan to bring in supplies and gear, CNN said.