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bin laden oil tankers. Oil Truck Explosion Kills at Least 15 in Pakistan. ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — At least 15 people were killed when a damaged oil tanker carrying fuel for NATO forces in Afghanistan exploded Saturday in the northwestern tribal region, government officials said.The tanker was damaged when a bomb went off near a boys’ college in Landi Kotal in the tribal region of Khyber Agency. “Fire brigade officials put out the fire, but in the meantime, people from neighboring areas had gathered and were trying to take away the oil while another explosion took place, killing 15 people,” said Abdul Nabi, a local government official.
Two survivors were being treated for burns at the Landi Kotal Hospital.

Fuel prices in Pakistan, which are controlled by the government, have increased sharply in recent months, setting off protests and demonstrations across Pakistan. Local government officials said other oil tankers were crossing the border without interruption.