2nd attack on supply lines shows inadequate security

CNN:

Militants in northwest Pakistan have torched 50 trucks in the latest of a series of attacks on U.S. supply lines into Afghanistan.

Monday's attack was the second time in two days U.S-allied vehicles had been attacked in Peshawar, near the Pakistan-Afghanistan border. The city is a key staging post for deliveries by the United States and its allies of food, fuel and supplies to military forces in Afghanistan.

The trucks in both attacks belonged to contractors hired to deliver supplies.

Muhammad Iftikhar, deputy superintendent of Peshawar police, told CNN that Monday's attack targeted a truck terminal on the same road where militants destroyed scores of containers, trailers and vehicles on Sunday. The supplies were destined for the Afghan National Army, a spokesman for NATO in Kabul said.

The spokesman called the attack "regrettable" but said they would not affect NATO's ability to carry out operations in Afghanistan. He declined to comment on the contents of the vehicles that were destroyed.

There were no injuries or arrests reported in Monday's attack.

MIlitants destroyed 145 vehicles, trailers and containers in the attack on Sunday, including two armored personnel carriers and a fire truck, Fazal Muhammad of Peshawar police told CNN.

A security guard was killed and two other people were wounded in that incident, which was carried out with mortars and grenades.

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If only one guard was killed and two others were wounded, there clearly were not enough security forces in place or the ones they had did not do their job. We know the enemy is attempting to attack the supply lines. That should be seen an an opportunity to destroy the enemy, because he is giving up his ambiguity as to time and place of attack. All we need is adequate forces in place to destroy those attacks.