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Gunmen destroy NATO trucks; 1 person hurt

QUETTA, Pakistan, April 1 (UPI) -- Five NATO trucks carrying equipment out of Afghanistan were destroyed in a fiery attack in Pakistan Monday but only one injury was reported, officials said.

Four gunmen on motorbikes fired on the trucks as they traveled through southwest Pakistan, then poured gasoline on the vehicles and set them on fire, senior government official Iftikhar Bugti said.

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One driver was slightly injured, Geo News reported.

The convoy was attacked in the Bolan district of Balochistan province, about 75 miles southeast of the provincial capital of Quetta.

Equipment is being removed from Afghanistan as coalition forces wind down combat operations in the country.

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