18 December 2013 9:56 am Taliban Hits NATO Fuel Trucks In Afghanistan KABUL: (MEP) – one police officer is dead after Taliban suicide bombers attacked NATO fuel trucks in Afghanistan near the Pakistani border. The officer died in a gun battle that followed the attack on December 18 near the Torkham border crossing in Nangarhar Province, a key NATO supply route. Police say suicide bombers detonated a car at the gate of the parking lot of the NATO outpost. The blast ignited a fire that destroyed several of the tankers. Attackers dressed in Afghan Army uniforms then stormed the compound. All of the attackers were killed, AP reported. A Taliban spokesman claimed responsibility for the attack. The incident came a day after six NATO troops — believed to be American — were killed in a helicopter crash in southern Afghanistan. The cause of the crash is being investigated.