<p>A Taliban bomb attack on the outskirts of Kabul set fire to some 200 fuel trucks that the militants claimed were supplying foreign troops in Afghanistan, officials said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The tankers were set ablaze as they sat in a parking lot waiting to enter the Afghan capital, which is currently gripped by a fraud dispute over presidential elections last month.<br /><br />Taliban insurgents fighting a 13-year-war against US-led forces in Afghanistan often attack western supply convoys and claimed responsibility for the late yesterday night attack.<br /><br />"At around 10:30 pm dozens of fuel tankers belonging to private companies caught fire," Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told AFP.<br /><br />"No one can get close to them since the fire is still raging at the scene," he added, saying that there had been no casualties.<br /><br />Kabul police director Gul Aghan Hashimi said a magnetic bomb had been used in the attack while a NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces spokesman said they were investigating whether the fuel was intended for foreign troops.<br /><br />The Afghan interior ministry said initial investigations found that 200 trucks had been damaged.<br /><br />The incident took place in Chawk-e Arghandi and comes as the Taliban steps up attacks with NATO forces due to complete their withdrawal from the country by the end of the year.<br /><br />Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement that fighters belonging to the group had carried out the destruction.<br /><br />Also yesterday, ISAF said a rocket attack at the United States' main military base at Bagram Airfield had resulted in "minor damages to equipment and one building".<br /><br />It came just a day after Taliban insurgents fired rockets into Kabul airport, destroying the Afghan president's parked helicopter and damaging three other choppers.<br /><br />On Wednesday, a Taliban suicide bomber in Kabul killed eight military officers travelling on a military bus.<br /><br />The attacks underlined security fears in the capital which has been relatively peaceful since the June 14 presidential runoff between Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani.<br /><br />Kabul has witnessed tense street demonstrations as the two candidates remain locked in a dispute over voter fraud which is threatening to derail Afghanistan's first democratic transfer of power.</p>
<p>A Taliban bomb attack on the outskirts of Kabul set fire to some 200 fuel trucks that the militants claimed were supplying foreign troops in Afghanistan, officials said today.<br /><br /></p>.<p>The tankers were set ablaze as they sat in a parking lot waiting to enter the Afghan capital, which is currently gripped by a fraud dispute over presidential elections last month.<br /><br />Taliban insurgents fighting a 13-year-war against US-led forces in Afghanistan often attack western supply convoys and claimed responsibility for the late yesterday night attack.<br /><br />"At around 10:30 pm dozens of fuel tankers belonging to private companies caught fire," Kabul police spokesman Hashmat Stanikzai told AFP.<br /><br />"No one can get close to them since the fire is still raging at the scene," he added, saying that there had been no casualties.<br /><br />Kabul police director Gul Aghan Hashimi said a magnetic bomb had been used in the attack while a NATO-led International Security Assistance Forces spokesman said they were investigating whether the fuel was intended for foreign troops.<br /><br />The Afghan interior ministry said initial investigations found that 200 trucks had been damaged.<br /><br />The incident took place in Chawk-e Arghandi and comes as the Taliban steps up attacks with NATO forces due to complete their withdrawal from the country by the end of the year.<br /><br />Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement that fighters belonging to the group had carried out the destruction.<br /><br />Also yesterday, ISAF said a rocket attack at the United States' main military base at Bagram Airfield had resulted in "minor damages to equipment and one building".<br /><br />It came just a day after Taliban insurgents fired rockets into Kabul airport, destroying the Afghan president's parked helicopter and damaging three other choppers.<br /><br />On Wednesday, a Taliban suicide bomber in Kabul killed eight military officers travelling on a military bus.<br /><br />The attacks underlined security fears in the capital which has been relatively peaceful since the June 14 presidential runoff between Abdullah Abdullah and Ashraf Ghani.<br /><br />Kabul has witnessed tense street demonstrations as the two candidates remain locked in a dispute over voter fraud which is threatening to derail Afghanistan's first democratic transfer of power.</p>