Is Taliban Increasing Activities In Afganistan?

At first I thought this was a story about ships because it didn't say oil tanker trucks, but then I realised Afganistan is landlocked, duh.

Suspected Taliban-linked militants set on fire 10 oil tankers carrying fuel to U.S. military base in south Afghanistan Saturday, a local official said Sunday.

"Taliban militants attacked a logistic convoy in Grishk district of Helmand province yesterday at noon and set ablaze 10 petrol tankers in Haiderabad area," acting district police chief Amanullah Khan told Xinhua.

It would seem logical for the US military to guard such supplies, but apparently it doesn't.

Note: Photo is of such trucks on the Turkey-Iraq border and not Afganistan.

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